Ossified mucin-secreting choroid plexus adenoma: case report

Neurosurgery. 1991 Jul;29(1):130-2. doi: 10.1097/00006123-199107000-00024.

Abstract

This is the first report of a fully documented case of an ossified mucin-producing benign choroid plexus tumor. This was a chance finding in a man who complained only of posttraumatic low back discomfort. The ossification of the tumor appears to have been therapeutic. Mucin production may be a defense mechanism.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adenoma / diagnosis
  • Adenoma / metabolism*
  • Adenoma / pathology
  • Adult
  • Cerebral Ventricle Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Cerebral Ventricle Neoplasms / metabolism*
  • Cerebral Ventricle Neoplasms / pathology
  • Choroid Plexus*
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Mucins / metabolism*
  • Ossification, Heterotopic / pathology*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Mucins