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. 2024 Jan 18;16(1):e52510. doi: 10.7759/cureus.52510

Table 1. Up-to-date publications with confirmed image information of intraventricular PXAs.

PXA: pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma; DWI: diffusion-weighted image; T2WI: T2-weighted image

S. no. Previous reports Grade Age Gender Location Imaging pattern T2WI DWI Contrast enhancement  Corpus callosum agenesis
1 Menendez et al. (2014) [11 2 24 Male Third ventricle Solid N/A N/A Homogeneous No 
2 Abe et al. (2006) [12 2 41 Female Hypothalamus and third ventricle Solid N/A N/A Homogeneous No
3 Yang et al. (2012) [13 2 42 Female Right lateral ventricle Solid-cystic N/A N/A Heterogenous No
4 Liu et al. (2019) [14 2 28 Male Left lateral ventricle Solid-cystic Heterogeneous  N/A N/A No
5 Yan et al. (2018) [10] 2 25 Female Right lateral ventricle Solid N/A Hyperintense  Homogeneous Yes
6 Bettencourt et al. (2023) [15 3 33 Male Lateral and third ventricles Cystic-necrotic Hyperintense (solid component)  Hyperintense (solid component)  Heterogenous No
7 She et al. (2018) [16] 3 41 Female Right lateral ventricle Solid-cystic Heterogeneous  N/A Heterogenous No
8 Rodriguez-Mena et al. (2012) [17] 3 54 Male Right parieto-occipital lobe and ipsilateral ventricle Multi-cystic N/A N/A Vivid enhancement No
9 Fu et al.(2010) [18] 3 52 Male Right lateral ventricle and third ventricle Solid-cystic Hyperintense (solid component)  N/A Heterogenous No
10 Roberti and Baggenstos (2018) [19] 3 65 Female Septum pellucidum and lateral ventricles Solid-cystic N/A N/A Heterogenous Yes
11 Yan et al. 2018 [10 3 23 Female Right lateral ventricle Solid-cystic N/A Hyperintense  Heterogenous No