Table 1.
Reference | Age(years)/sex | Location | Size (greatest dimension, cm) | MRI findings | Peritumoral infiltration | Degree of resection | Adjuvant therapy | Follow-up |
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Clarencon et al.11(2006) | 32/F | Fourth ventricle | 2.5 | Hypointense, T1; heterogeneous-hypointense, T2; post-contrast enhancement | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Gessi et al.12(2006) | 63/F | Fourth ventricle | 2.0 | Isointense, T1; partial post-contrast enhancement | Without infiltration | NA | NA | NA |
Kim et al.13(2004) | 49/F | Fourth ventricle | NA | Dense post-contrast enhancement | NA | Subtotally | NA | No recurrence after 1 year |
Montano et al.14(2010) | 61/M | Fourth ventricle | NA | Hypointense, T1; iso-hypointense, T2; marked post-contrast enhancement | Without infiltration of ventricular walls | Totally | NA | No recurrence after 2 years |
Sawauchi et al.15(2003) | 57/M | Fourth ventricle | NA | Low intensity, T1; homogeneous post-contrast enhancement | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Cummings et al.16(2001) | 52/M | Fourth ventricle | NA | Homogeneous post-contrast enhancement | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Wang et al.17(2012) | 52/M | Fourth ventricle | 4.5 | Avid homogeneous post-contrast enhancement | NA | Totally | NA | No recurrence after 1 year |
F = female; M = male; MRI = magnetic resonance imaging; NA = not available