Choroid plexus carcinoma

Choroid plexus carcinoma is a rare and highly aggressive malignant type of choroid plexus tumor (see this term) occurring almost exclusively in children, presenting with cerebrospinal fluid obstruction in the lateral ventricles (most common), the fourth and third ventricles or in multiple ventricles, leading to hydrocephalus and increased intracranial pressure, and manifesting with nausea, vomiting, abnormal eye movements, gait impairment, seizures and enlarged head circumference.

Brain neoplasm

A benign or malignant neoplasm that arises from or metastasizes to the brain.

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PMID (PMCID)
16270538	FEMALE	Middle Aged
	Choroid plexus carcinoma in the adult: is there a role for chemotherapy?
	Fabi A, Salesi N, Di Cocco B, Vidiri A, Visca P, Pace A, Carapella C, De Paula U, Mirri A, Cognetti F. J Exp Clin Cancer Res. 2005;24(3):493-6.
	Choroid plexus carcinoma is a rare primary brain neoplasm arising from epithelial differentiated tissue, originating from the choroids plexus of the ventricles and, in 90% of the cases, in the lateral and fourth ventricles.