"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,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 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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Say I, Dodson V, Tomycz L, Mazzola C. Endoscopic Fourth Ventriculostomy: Suboccipital Transaqueductal Approach for Fenestration of Isolated Fourth Ventricle: Case Report and Technical Note. World Neurosurg. 2019 Sep; 129:440-444.
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Sandberg DI, Yu B, Patel R, Hagan J, Miesner E, Sabin J, Smith S, Fletcher S, Shah MN, Sirianni RW, Taylor MD. Infusion of 5-Azacytidine (5-AZA) into the fourth ventricle or resection cavity in children with recurrent posterior Fossa Ependymoma: a pilot clinical trial. J Neurooncol. 2019 Jan; 141(2):449-457.
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Cachia D, Prado MP, Theeler B, Hamilton J, McCutcheon I, Fuller GN. Synchronous rosette-forming glioneuronal tumor and diffuse astrocytoma with molecular characterization: a case report. Clin Neuropathol. 2014 Nov-Dec; 33(6):407-11.
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Sandberg DI, Peet MM, Johnson MD, Cole P, Koru-Sengul T, Luqman AW. Chemotherapy administration directly into the fourth ventricle in a nonhuman primate model. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2012 May; 9(5):530-41.