Oman Medical Specialty Board
A 45 year old male presented with chronic headache for the last
six months, with recent aggravation. he headache was holocranial
in nature and not associated with vomiting, aura or any other
neurological complaints.
On examination, he had no neurological deicit. Neuroimaging
was performed (contrast enhanced MRI) which revealed features
suggestive of intraventricular neurocytoma with intraventricular
hemorrhage (Figs. 1-3). He underwent gross total excision of
tumor after frontal craniotomy and through anterior transcallosal
approach. Histopathology suggested a diagnosis of neurocytoma
WHO grade II.
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Figure 1a: AAxial T1 weighted image of the brain revealed a mass
lesion in right lateral ventricle with heterogeneous signal intensity
and hyperintensity in the frontal horn of right lateral ventricle
suggesting intraventricular hemorrhage.
Figure 1b: Axial T2 weighted MR image reveals heterogeneous
hyperintense signal intensity of the mass lesion.
Figure 2: Coronal T2 Weighted MR image reveals the mass lesion
to be located in the frontal horn of right lateral ventricle and typical
contralateral displacement of the septum pellucidum (arrow).
Questions
Oman Medical Journal (2013) Vol. 28, No. 5
DOI 10. 5001/omj.2013.105
Clinical Quiz
Central Neurocytoma with Intraventricular Hemorrhage: An Uncommon Cause
of Headache
Dodul Mondal, Manisha Jana, Pramod Kumar Julka, and Sudheer Kumar Arava
Received: 7 Apr 2013 / Accepted: 15 Apr 2013
© OMSB, 2013
Dodul Mondal, Manisha Jana , Pramod Kumar Julka
Department of Radiation Oncology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari
nagar, New Delhi, India-110029.
E-mail: manishajana@gmail.com
Sudheer Kumar Arava
Department of Pathology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari nagar,
New Delhi, India-110029.