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choroid plexus papilloma
Epidemiology:
- primary choroid plexus tumors are rare & usually occur in early childhood
Pathology:
- slow-growing benign tumor of the choroid plexus
- often invades the leptomeninges
- in children it is usually in a lateral ventricle but in adults it is more often in the 4th ventricle
- hydrocephalus is common, either from obstruction or from tumor secretion of cerebrospinal fluid
Genetics:
- defects in TP53
Complications:
- if it undergoes malignant transformation it is called a choroid plexus carcinoma
General
choroid plexus neoplasm
Database Correlations
OMIM 260500
References
OMIM :accession 260500