Catalog

Choroid plexus carcinoma

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Link to WHO Definition

Choroid plexus carcinoma – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1128449352

Choroid plexus carcinoma is a rare and highly aggressive malignant type of choroid plexus tumor occurring almost exclusively in children, presenting with cerebrospinal fluid obstruction in the lateral ventricles (most common), the fourth and third ventricles or in multiple ventricles, leading to hydrocephalus and increased intracranial pressure and manifesting with nausea, vomiting, abnormal eye movement, gait impairment, seizures and enlarged head circumference.