Abstract
The clinical and neuroradiological findings and the surgical results in a series of 18 patients with meningiomas of the lateral ventricles, operated on over a 23 year period, are described. This experience is compared with previously reported series and the following conclusions are drawn: 1) these tumors have no characteristic symptomatology; 2) the preoperative diagnosis should be reached by means of both computerized tomography and carotid and vertebral angiography; 3) the safest surgical approach is through a sagittal paramedical parieto-occipital cortical incision; and 4) piecemeal removal is crucial for achieving total extirpation of the tumor with minimum damage of the surrounding brain tissue and for careful intraoperative hemostasis.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 64-74 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | Journal of Neurosurgery |
Volume | 54 |
Issue number | 1 |
Publication status | Published - 1981 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Clinical Neurology
- Neuroscience(all)