ABSTRACT
36 patients with tumors of diencephalic region of different histologic nature involving cavity of the third ventricle of the brain were observed. 27.7% of the patients had disorders of mental and physical development from the very first years of life. In presurgical period there was a wide spectrum of paroxysmal and permanent mental disorders from asthenia to rude disturbances of memory and consciousness which regressed or disappeared after the operation. The correlation was observed between such disorders, histologic structure and location of the tumor; individual characteristics of the patient (age, dextrality, sinistrality); scope and character of the operation (approach to the tumor, surgical interventions on the structures of the third ventricle).
Subject(s)
Cerebral Ventricle Neoplasms/psychology , Adolescent , Adult , Cerebral Ventricle Neoplasms/complications , Cerebral Ventricle Neoplasms/surgery , Female , Functional Laterality , Humans , Male , Mental Disorders/etiology , Mental Disorders/psychology , Middle Aged , Postoperative Complications/etiology , Postoperative Complications/psychology , PsychopathologyABSTRACT
Clinical analysis of 74 cases of colloid cysts of the III-d ventricle was performed. Dynamics of clinical symptom complex was studied both in preoperative and early postoperative period as well as in remote periods after surgery. Most of the patients were treated in N.N. Burdenko Institute of Neurosurgery during 1980-1995. Peculiarities of the disease development before clinical manifestation, variations of complicated postoperative period, prognostically significant symptoms, possible mechanisms of clinical syndromes development were considered.
