Neurochirurgie
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Tumors of the lateral ventricle are not as rare in children as in adults and present complex problems which are to be dealt with often in a context of emergency, on account of their large size and the risk of life-threatening bleeding in a small child. Their diagnostic features are different in children, especially in infants and even more so in the fetus. ⋯ From an oncological perspective, the main tumor types are choroid plexus tumors, subependymal giant-cell astrocytoma, and low-grade gliomas. The developmental outcome of these patients is often poor, on account of severe intracranial hypertension and young age at diagnosis.