Chordoid glioma is an extremely rare glial neoplasm occurring in the region of the anterior third ventricle or hypothalamus, which is non-infiltrative and well-circumscribed and presents most frequently in middle-aged women with symptoms of memory loss and headaches and, because of its location, has a poor prognosis due to surgical morbidity.

Hydrocephalus is an active distension of the ventricular system of the brain resulting from inadequate passage of CSF from its point of production within the cerebral ventricles to its point of absorption into the systemic circulation.