Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria
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Report our experience with trigone ventricular meningiomas and review the surgical approaches to the trigone. ⋯ Judicious preoperative plan, adequate knowledge of anatomy, and use of correct microsurgical techniques are fundamental in achieving complete resection of trigone meningioma with low morbidity.
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The relationship between brain tumors and cognitive deficits is well established in the literature. However, studies investigating the cognitive status in low and high-grade gliomas patients are scarce, particularly in patients with average or lower educational level. This study aimed at investigating the cognitive functioning in a sample of patients with low and high-grade gliomas before surgical intervention. ⋯ These findings demonstrated different levels of impairments in the executive and memory domains in patients with low and high grade gliomas.