Chordoid Glioma Originating in the Intrasellar and Suprasellar Regions: Case Report

Chordoid glioma is a rare, low-grade brain neoplasm typically located in the third ventricle. Herein, we report an unusual case of histologically confirmed chordoid glioma located in the pituitary fossa and suprasellar region, not attached to the third ventricle. A 57-year-old woman presented with a 2-month history of headache and visual disturbance. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed an ovoid mass in the pituitary fossa and suprasellar region, compressing the optic chiasm without involvement of the third ventricle. The tumor showed low signal intensity on T1-weighted images and iso- to high signal intensity on T2-weighted images, with strong and homogenous contrast enhancement. Subtotal resection was performed via the transcranial approach, and the patient subsequently received adjuvant gamma knife radiosurgery. However, the residual mass showed disease progression 5 months after the initial surgery.

A clinical, imaging, and histological study on metanephric adenoma / 国际外科学杂志

Objective To study the radiological,clinicopathological features and prognosis of metanephric adenoma.Methods Two cases were selected,which underwent partial and radical renal resection.Examined the microscopic,immunohistochemical and radiological features of 2 metanephric adenoma cases.All patients were examined by ultrasound,CT and magnetic resonance imaging.Results They were lack of blood supply in imaging examination.The tumor cells were uniform with few eosinophilic cytoplasm.The chromatin is exquisite and lack pathological mitotic figure.The tumor cells were arranged in small tube or alveolar and locally showed papillary hyperplasia.Sometimes psammoma bodies were shown..Metanephric adenoma showed positive to Vimentin and CK.Conclusions Metanephric adenoma is a rare renal tumor mostly occur in single renal.And its morphological characteristic is diversity,so it's easy being misdiagnosed as malignant tumor.The pathologists should be careful and have the concept of metanephric adenoma when diagnosis.

Chordoid Glioma : A Case Report of Unusual Location and Neuroradiological Characteristics

Since the World Health Organization (WHO) classification for central nervous system neoplasms was declared in 2000, chordoid glioma of the third ventricle has been noted as a newly recognized tumor for central nervous system neoplasms. Although there is not enough universal experience to know the nature of this tumor due to its rarity, the origin of chordoid glioma was guardedly proposed to be the ependymal cells of the third ventricle. Such an idea has been primarily based on the specific location of the tumor, that is, third ventricle, suprasellae, and hypothalamus. However, we report a rare case of histologically confirmed chordoid glioma located in the left thalamus, not attached to any of the midline structures having unusual neuroradiological characteristics.

Chordoid Glioma of the Third Ventricle with Unusual MRI Features

Chordoid glioma is a rare primary brain tumor of the third ventricle, and was recently characterized as a novel tumor entity. Typical radiological features of chordoid gliomas include; a solid, round-to-ovoid, wellcircumscribed, contrast-enhancing mass of the hypothalamus and anterior third ventricle. Despite being classified as WHO grade 2, the third ventricular chordoid glioma has been reported to have a poor clinical outcome because of its anatomical location. The authors report a case of chordoid glioma of the third ventricle in a 48-year-old man with unusual radiological features of cystic component and ill defined circumscription.