Choroid-plexus papilloma not only is rare but it has -great clinical interesting because of its frequent association with communicating hydrocephalus and it may causes hydrocephalus either through by hypersecretion of cerebrospinal fluid or obstrcution of its pathway, occasional prenatal. occurrence, mainly childhood, noninvasive character, common benign, possibility of total removal with satisfactory en´Fl result and histological relationship to normal ependyma and the normal choroid plexus.
In the presence of an elevated total protein, xanthochromia, or previous evidence of bleeding in a childhood with hydrocephalus and the possibility of choroid plexus papilloma must always be considered. One case of choroid plexus papilloma, which was experienced at Department of Neurosurgery of the National Medical Center in Seoul is presented with a brief review of the literature.
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