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Sellar-Suprasellar Extraventricular Choroid Plexus Papilloma : A Case Report and Review of the Literature

  • Keskin, Fatih (Department of Neurosurgery, Meram Faculty of Medicine, Necmettin Erbakan University) ;
  • Erdi, Fatih (Department of Neurosurgery, Meram Faculty of Medicine, Necmettin Erbakan University) ;
  • Kaya, Bulent (Department of Neurosurgery, Meram Faculty of Medicine, Necmettin Erbakan University) ;
  • Toy, Hatice (Department of Pathology, Meram Faculty of Medicine, Necmettin Erbakan University)
  • Received : 2014.07.01
  • Accepted : 2014.12.05
  • Published : 2016.01.01
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Abstract

Choroid plexus papillomas (CPPs) are relatively rare neuroectodermal tumors that develop from choroid plexus epithelial cells and are usually restricted to the ventricles. Extraventricular CPPs are very unusual and can be difficult to diagnose and treat. A 50-year-old male patient was admitted to our clinic complaining of headache and visual deterioration. Neurological examination found no abnormalities except decreased light perception and secondary optic atrophy in the left eye. Endocrine testing revealed normal levels of hormones produced by the pituitary and target glands. Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain revealed a huge regular-shaped lesion in the sellar-suprasellar region occupying the sella turcica and extending into the suprasellar cistern and planum sphenoidale. The lesion was completely excised by microsurgery via an ordinary left-sided pterional approach. Histopathology identified the lesion as a choroid plexus papilloma. Following the case report, literature on the origin, differential diagnosis, and treatment of this rare tumor is reviewed.

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