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The aim of the study was to describe the radiology, surgical management and outcome in 15 patients with histopathologically proven intraventricular pilocytic astrocytoma(IVPA).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Objective :<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>To study the clinical presentation radiology and operative challenges in rare intra ventricular pilocytic astrocytomas.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Materials and Methods:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Between January 2010 and August 2018, 15 patients with histopathologically proven IVPA were identified. The radiological images were obtained from PACS. Patient and surgical details were obtained from the computerized discharge summary, OT records and operative notes, whereas follow up was obtained from the record section.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Headache with progressive loss of vision was the most common presentation. Duration of symptoms varied from 4 months to 2 years (mean 9. 88 months). Except one patient, all patients with preoperative CT scan revealed calcifications in the lesion, with extensive calcification in 3 patients. All the tumors were predominantly hypointense on T1WI and iso to hyperintense on T2WI. Lesion in all patients showed heterogenous contrast enhancement on post gadolinium images. Mean blood loss in the series was 1969 ml (range 250 ml- 4500 ml). There was one death in this series due to meningitis and septic shock.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>IVPAs are rare tumors and are difficult to diagnose in the preoperative period based on the radiologic profile alone. These tumors can be extremely vascular with potential for massive blood loss. These tumors can be associated with extensive calcification and the calcified tumors have less bleeding as expected.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.4103\/0028-3886.355185","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,9,26]],"date-time":"2022-09-26T00:36:16Z","timestamp":1664152576000},"page":"1468-1474","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1097\/lww.0000000000001000","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["Intraventricular Pilocytic Astrocytoma: A Single Centre Experience"],"prefix":"10.4103","volume":"70","author":[{"given":"Chinmaya","family":"Dash","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery, AIIMS, New Delhi, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Skanda","family":"Moorthy","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery, AIIMS, New Delhi, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Kanwaljeet","family":"Garg","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery, AIIMS, New Delhi, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Dattaraj","family":"Sawarkar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery, AIIMS, New Delhi, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Pankaj K","family":"Singh","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery, AIIMS, New Delhi, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Kavneet","family":"Kaur","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pathology, AIIMS, New Delhi, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Vaishali","family":"Suri","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of NeuroPathology, AIIMS, New Delhi, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Amandeep","family":"Kumar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery, AIIMS, New Delhi, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hitesh","family":"Gurjar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery, AIIMS, New Delhi, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sachin","family":"Borkar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery, AIIMS, New Delhi, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"P Sarat","family":"Chandra","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery, AIIMS, New Delhi, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sasank Sarad","family":"Kale","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery, AIIMS, New Delhi, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"276","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,8,30]]},"reference":[{"key":"R1-20250921","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"150","DOI":"10.1053\/j.sult.2015.12.003","article-title":"Intraventricular tumors","volume":"37","author":"Agarwal","year":"2016","journal-title":"Semin Ultrasound CT MR"},{"key":"R2-20250921","first-page":"176","article-title":"Intraventricular mass lesions at magnetic resonance imaging: Iconographic essay - 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