THE NEURORADIOLOGY OF CHILDHOOD CHOROID PLEXUS NEOPLASMS

¹ Fellow in Pediatric Neuroradiology. Present Address: Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, California.
² Pediatric Neuroradiologist.

The features of 14 cases of choroid plexus neoplasms from the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, are presented, and similar available data from 130 previously reported cases in children are tabulated.

In any neuroradiologic practice, choroid plexus papillomas and carcinomas are rarely encountered. This does not negate the importance of these lesions, however, for a proper neuroradiologic approach will assist in differentiating choroid plexus tumors from other intraventricular lesions and improve the neurosurgical management of these patients.

In each tumor, a precise anatomic description by the use of modern neuroradiologic techniques is possible.

The great diversity of presentation of the lesions, both as to their clinical picture and their anatomic sites, makes it imperative to perform numerous neuroradiologic studies on these children, as no single examination is entirely satisfactory in assessing their complex character.

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