"Fourth Ventricle" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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An irregularly shaped cavity in the RHOMBENCEPHALON, located between the MEDULLA OBLONGATA; the PONS; and the isthmus in front, and the CEREBELLUM behind. It is continuous with the central canal of the cord below and with the CEREBRAL AQUEDUCT above, and through its lateral and median apertures it communicates with the SUBARACHNOID SPACE.
| Descriptor ID |
D020546
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A08.186.211.276.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Fourth Ventricle- Fourth Ventricle
- Fourth Ventricles
- Ventricle, Fourth
- Ventricles, Fourth
- Quarto Ventricolo
- Quarto Ventricolos
- Ventricolo, Quarto
- Ventricolos, Quarto
- 4th Ventricle
- 4th Ventricles
- Ventricle, 4th
- Ventricles, 4th
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| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Fourth Ventricle" by people in Profiles.
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Subependymomas of the fourth ventricle: To operate or not to operate? J Clin Neurosci. 2023 Dec; 118:147-152.
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Imaging characteristics of 4th ventricle subependymoma. Neuroradiology. 2022 Sep; 64(9):1795-1800.
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Radiologic and clinical outcome of isolated fourth ventricle following post-hemorrhagic hydrocephalus in children. Childs Nerv Syst. 2022 05; 38(5):977-984.
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Intermittent Syncope and Downbeat Nystagmus in Fourth Ventricle Choroid Plexus Papilloma. J Neuroophthalmol. 2023 Dec 01; 43(4):e328-e330.
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Ependymoma Presenting as a -Rim-Enhancing Lesion in the Brainstem. Pediatr Neurosurg. 2021; 56(5):455-459.
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Phase-contrast cerebrospinal fluid flow magnetic resonance imaging in qualitative evaluation of patency of CSF flow pathways prior to infusion of chemotherapeutic and other agents into the fourth ventricle. Childs Nerv Syst. 2018 03; 34(3):481-486.
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Rosette-Forming Glioneuronal Tumor of the Fourth Ventricle in Children: Case Report and Literature Review. World Neurosurg. 2017 Nov; 107:1045.e9-1045.e16.
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The surgical treatment of tumors of the fourth ventricle: a single-institution experience. J Neurosurg. 2018 02; 128(2):339-351.
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Methotrexate administration directly into the fourth ventricle in children with malignant fourth ventricular brain tumors: a pilot clinical trial. J Neurooncol. 2015 Oct; 125(1):133-41.
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Recurrent subependymoma of fourth ventricle with unusual atypical histological features: A case report. Pathol Int. 2015 Aug; 65(8):438-42.