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Table 2 Tumor entity, WHO grade and intraventricular location

From: Intraventricular neuroepithelial tumors: surgical outcome, technical considerations and review of literature

Tumor % (N) or mean/median (SD/IR)

N

WHO

Ventricle location

Location within

Approach according to location

Lateral ventricles

3rd

4th

Ependymoma

13

II (12)

III (1)

Lateral ventricle 7.7% (1)

Left temporal horn (1)

  

Frontotemporal (1)

4th ventricle 92.3% (12)

  

Below str. Med 100% (12)

TeloVelar (12)

Subependymoma

21

I

II (1)

Lateral ventricle 52.4% (11)

Left frontal horn 36.4% (4)

Right frontal horn 63.6% (7)

  

Frontal-Keyhole (10)

Parietal craniotomy (1)

4th ventricle 47.6% (10)

  

Below str. Med. 90.0% (9)

Above str. Med. 10.0% (1)

TeloVelar (10)

Central Neurocytoma

10

II

Lateral ventricle 90.0% (9)

Left frontal horn 55.6% (5)

Right frontal horn 44.4% (4)

  

Frontal-Keyhole (9)

3rd ventricle 10.0% (1)

 

Floor (1)

 

Infratententorial-supracerebellar (1)

GEC

1

–

3rd ventricle 100% (1)

 

Roof (1)

 

Frontal-Keyhole (1)

Total

45

 

Lateral ventricle 46.7% (21)

3rd ventricle 4.4% (2)

4th ventricle 48.9% (22)

   

Frontal-Keyhole 44.4% (20)

Others 6.7% (3)

TeloVelar 48.9% (22)