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Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy and Pineal Biopsy from a Single Entry Point
Sefa Ozturk 1, Cafer Ikbal Gulsever 1, Duran Sahin 1, Fatih Koksoy 1, Alperen Poyraz 1, Duygu Dolen 1
1Department of Neurosurgery, Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine

Pineal neoplasms frequently cause obstructive hydrocephalus and require histopathological diagnosis to decide the treatment regimen. They might be treated by surgical resection or chemoradiotherapy according to the pathological diagnosis. As a minimally invasive initial treatment, an endoscopic approach from Kocher's point enables both third ventriculostomy and biopsy.

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