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Cavernous malformation in the fourth ventricle: trivial findings but grave prognosis

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Funding

This study was supported by the Basic Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF), funded by the Ministry of Science and ICT (2022R1A4A1018869).

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  1. Department of Neurology, Korea University Ansan Hospital, Ansan, South Korea

    Hyo-Jeong Lee

  2. Department of Neurology, Korea University Medical Center, 73 Goryeodae-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, South Korea

    Sun-Uk Lee

  3. Neurotology and Neuro-Ophthalmology Laboratory, Korea University Anam Hospital, Seoul, South Korea

    Sun-Uk Lee & Euyhyun Park

  4. Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea

    Euyhyun Park

  5. Department of Neurology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea

    Ji-Soo Kim

  6. Dizziness Center, Clinical Neuroscience Center, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, South Korea

    Ji-Soo Kim

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HJL analyzed and interpreted the data and wrote the manuscript. EP and JSK analyzed and interpreted the data, and revised the manuscript. SUL designed and conceptualized the study, interpreted the data, and revised the manuscript.

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Correspondence to Sun-Uk Lee.

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Drs. H.J. Lee, S.U. Lee, and E. Park report no disclosures. JS Kim serves as an Associate Editor of Frontiers in Neuro-otology and on the editorial boards of Frontiers in Neuro-ophthalmology, Journal of Neuro-ophthalmology, Journal of Vestibular Research, and Clinical and Translational Neuroscience.

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This study followed the tenets of the Declaration of Helsinki and was performed according to the guidelines of the Institutional Review Board of Korea University Anam Hospital (2023AN0297).

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Not applicable. The requirement for informed consent was waived due to the retrospective design of this study, which was approved by the Institutional Review Board.

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Lee, HJ., Lee, SU., Park, E. et al. Cavernous malformation in the fourth ventricle: trivial findings but grave prognosis. Acta Neurol Belg (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13760-023-02464-y

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