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Term:
Parent Terms Term With Siblings Child Terms
Cerebral germinoma 
Choroid plexus calcification  
Choroid plexus carcinoma  
Intraventricular papillary neoplasm derived from choroid plexus epithelium. Plexus tumors are most common in the lateral and fourth ventricles; while 80% of lateral ventricle tumors present in children, fourth ventricle tumors are evenly distributed in all age groups. Clinically, choroid plexus tumors tend to cause hydrocephalus and increased intracranial pressure. Histologically, choroid plexus papillomas correspond to WHO grade I, choroid plexus carcinomas to WHO grade III.
Choroid plexus cyst  
Choroid plexus papilloma  
Glioma +   
Medulloblastoma +   
Neuroblastic tumor +   
Villous hypertrophy of choroid plexus 

Synonyms
Xrefs: SNOMEDCT_US:88252006 ;   UMLS:C0431109
Definition Sources: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0736-9199, PMID:11135453

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