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A surgical procedure was conducted, resulting in a gross total resection of the tumor. Histopathological analysis identified the tumor as a fibrous meningioma. Postoperative assessments, as well as follow-ups conducted at 3 months and 1 year post-surgery, indicated considerable neurological improvement. The patient exhibited a remission of hemiparesis and gait disturbances along with a marginal improvement in the status of expressive aphasia. This case report underscores the significance of achieving total and safe resection of the tumor and includes an analysis of various cases from the literature, particularly focusing on those that describe minimally invasive surgical approaches and highlight the benefits of radiosurgery in the treatment of giant intraventricular meningiomas.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/medicina60040560","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,3,31]],"date-time":"2024-03-31T13:44:52Z","timestamp":1711892692000},"page":"560","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Successful Surgical Treatment of a Giant Intraventricular Meningioma: A Case Report and Literature Review"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"60","author":[{"given":"Corneliu","family":"Toader","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery \u201cCarol Davila\u201d, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020021 Bucharest, Romania"},{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery, National Institute of Neurology and Neurovascular Diseases, 077160 Bucharest, Romania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Razvan-Adrian","family":"Covache-Busuioc","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery \u201cCarol Davila\u201d, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020021 Bucharest, Romania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Bogdan-Gabriel","family":"Bratu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery \u201cCarol Davila\u201d, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020021 Bucharest, Romania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Luca Andrei","family":"Glavan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery \u201cCarol Davila\u201d, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020021 Bucharest, Romania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Andrei Adrian","family":"Popa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery \u201cCarol Davila\u201d, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020021 Bucharest, Romania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Alexandru Vlad","family":"Ciurea","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery \u201cCarol Davila\u201d, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020021 Bucharest, Romania"},{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery, Sanador Clinical Hospital, 010991 Bucharest, Romania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,3,29]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"2","DOI":"10.1093\/neuonc\/noab200","article-title":"CBTRUS Statistical Report: Primary Brain and Other Central Nervous System Tumors Diagnosed in the United States in 2014\u20132018","volume":"23","author":"Ostrom","year":"2021","journal-title":"Neuro Oncol."},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"23","DOI":"10.1007\/s11060-022-04091-8","article-title":"Outcomes after gamma knife radiosurgery for intraventricular meningiomas","volume":"160","author":"Flickinger","year":"2022","journal-title":"J. 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