An Endoscopic Intraventricular Approach in Glioblastoma: A Case Report of an Adult Filipino with Periventricular Mass

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In this study, we present a case of a 58-year-old female with a 1-year history of a generalized headache who suddenly developed left-sided weakness accompanied by disorientation and changes in mood and behaviour. A cranial MRI plain and contrast revealed a right thalamo-mesencephalic mass with beginning hydrocephalus. The patient underwent endoscopic transventricular septostomy, biopsy of thalamic mass with ventriculoperitoneal shunt insertion under endoscopic guidance. The official histopathology results revealed a WHO Grade IV glioblastoma. The patient was subsequently treated with chemoradiation.

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Intraventricular, periventricular, glioblastoma, endoscope

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Jonna Maala Maurice V Bayhon Erickson Torio Rhoderick Casis

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