Abstract
Resection or biopsy of intraventricular brain tumors using an endoscope has become common, but the limitations of these procedures are not clear. Manipulation to access a tumor that arises from the blind angle of the rigid endoscope, such as the anterior part of the aqueduct, is limited. We report here that we successfully resected a recurrent medulloblastoma in the anterior part of the aqueduct using only a flexible endoscope. This method appears to be suitable for poorly vascularized and suctionable tumors that arise in the blind angle of a rigid endoscope.
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Ueno, K., Nonaka, M., Isozaki, H. et al. Resection of a recurrent medulloblastoma in the anterior middle part of the aqueduct with a flexible endoscope: a case report. Childs Nerv Syst 37, 665–669 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-020-04799-w
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