Table 1.

Clinical characteristics of patients

Case No.	Location	Tumor volume (cm3)	Clinical manifestation	Surgical approach	Tumor histology
1	Frontal	35	Cognitive changes, memory loss	Transfrontal approach	High grade glioma
2	Left lateral ventricle	23	Headache	Transinferior parietal approach	Meningioma
3	Temporal	28	Headache, seizures	Transtemporal approach	Cavernous malformation
4	Frontal	41	Headache, language deficit	Transpterional approach	Glioblastoma multiforme
5	Parietal	19	Motor impairment	Transparietal approach	Metastatic brain tumor
6	Parietal	18	Motor impairment	Transparietal approach	Metastatic brain tumor
7	Temporal	40	Headache, motor impairment	Transtemporal approach	Low grade glioma
8	Parietal	21	Headache, numbness	Transparietal approach	Cavernous malformation
9	Temporal	24	Headache	Transtemporal approach	Lymphoma
10	Frontal, temporal	45	Headache, motor impairment	Transpterional approach	Glioblastoma multiforme
11	Temporal	17	Headache, seizures	Transtemporal approach	Cavernous malformation
12	Right lateral ventricle	25	Motor impairment	Transinferior parietal approach	High grade glioma
13	Temporal	28	Headache, motor impairment	Transtemporal approach	High grade glioma
14	Temporal	21	Headache	Transtemporal approach	High grade glioma
15	Parietal	39	Motor impairment	Transinferior parietal approach	High grade glioma
16	Trigonal region	30	Headache	Transinferior parietal approach	Glioblastoma multiforme
17	Parietal	28	Language deficit	Transinferior parietal approach	Low grade glioma