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Nagham Al-Zubidi1, Margaret M McGlynn, Patricia Chévez-Barrios
1Departments of Ophthalmology (NA-Z, SY, AGL) and Pathology and Genomic Medicine (PC-B), Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas; Weill Cornell Medical College (MMM, PC-B) and Departments of Ophthalmology, Neurology, and Neurosurgery (AGL), Weill Cornell Medical College, Houston, Texas; Department of Ophthalmology, Baylor College of Medicine (PC-B, AGL), Houston, Texas; and the Department of Ophthalmology (AGL), The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas and the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center (AGL), Houston, Texas.
Abstract:
Chordoid glioma is a rare intracranial tumor typically arising in the third ventricle, particularly along the anterior aspect of the hypothalamic wall. We describe the clinical, neuroimaging, and pathologic factors of this neoplasm in a patient presenting with a chiasmal syndrome.
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