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Congenital choroid plexus papilloma: light and electron microscopic study of a case

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The outcome of a light and electron microscopic study of a congenital choroid plexus papilloma removed from a lateral cerebral ventricle of a 10-day-old male presenting hypertensive hydrocephalus at birth is reported. The tumor was diagnosed by CT and cerebral angiography. The findings, compared with those obtained from choroid plexuses of controls subjected to hemispherectomy for epilepsy, highlight the intense metabolic activity of the papilloma and the relevance of this to the communicating hydrocephalus that is frequently associated with it.

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Gli autori riportano i risultati di una indagine ottica ed ultrastrutturale eseguita in un caso di papilloma congenito, accompagnato da idrocefalia, del plesso corioideo del ventricolo laterale destro, asportato chirurgicamente in decima giornata di vita. Come controllo sono stati utilizzati i dati ottenuti da plessi corioidei “normali” prelevati in bambini sottoposti ad intervento di emisferectomia per epilessia. L'interesse per tale raffronto deriva dalla discussione ancora aperta sulle proprietà secretive del papilloma del plesso corioideo e sulle sue relazioni con il plesso corioideo normale.

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  1. Istituto di Neurologia, Università Cattolica S. Cuore, Roma

    Trapani G. Di, Rocco C. Di, Lazari M., Velardi F. & Cara A. La

  2. Istituto di Neurochirurgia, Università Cattolica S. Cuore, Roma

    Rocco C. Di & Velardi F.

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Di Trapani, G., Di Rocco, C., Lazari, M. et al. Congenital choroid plexus papilloma: light and electron microscopic study of a case. Ital J Neuro Sci 4, 339–343 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02043489

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