Choroid Plexus Carcinoma of the Lateral Ventricle: Case Report and Review

側腦室脈絡叢惡性腫瘤：病例報告與文獻回顧

10.6316/TRO/200108(1)55

郭珍妮(Jenny Que)；林靖南(Ching-Nan Lin)；林立青( Li-Ching Lin)；林奎利(Kuei-Li Lin)

脈絡叢惡性腫瘤 ； 側腦室脈 ； 放射線治療 ； Choroid plexus carcinoma ； Lateral ventricle ； Radiation therapy

放射治療與腫瘤學

8卷1期（2001 / 03 / 01）

55 - 59

英文

原發腦室脈絡叢惡性腫瘤是一種相當罕見的惡性腫瘤，常發生於小孩。小孩的原發脈絡叢癌常發生於側腦室，成人的則發生在第四腦室。我們提出的病例為53歲的男性病患，診斷為側腦室的原發脈絡叢癌，合併腦脊髓液的轉移；經手術切除後，再追加術後放射治療；治療的範圍包括全腦及脊髓。本文的主旨在探討此病的可能治療方式及其限制。

Primary carcinoma of choroid plexus are rare and found most frequently in children than in adults. In children, the choroid plexus carcinoma are located predominantly in the lateral ventricles, while adults in the fourth ventricle. This report is about a 53 year old male with primary carcinoma located in the lateral ventricle with CSF metastases, which was treated with total tumor excision of choroids plexus followed by post-operative cranial spinal irradiation. This paper aims at the possibilities and limitations of the treatment of primary carcinoma of choroids plexus.