Journal article
Unusual “double density” colloid cysts
Journal of clinical neuroscience, Vol.19(4), pp.612-614
04/2012
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2011.06.021
PMID: 22249014
Abstract
Third ventricular tumors vary in etiology. Treatment and surgical approach usually depends on preoperative diagnosis. Colloid cysts are the most common tumors of the third ventricle and the occurrence of two colloid cysts in the ventricular system is rare. Here we present a patient with paired colloid cysts of the third and lateral ventricles that had different radiographic characteristics, and both of which were resected through a purely endoscopic approach. This is the third reported patient with dual or paired colloid cysts. It is the second report of a lateral and third ventricular cyst, and to our knowledge the first to be successfully managed with purely endoscopic techniques obviating the need for a craniotomy. This report illustrates the importance of a wide differential when investigating intraventricular lesions and provides another example of a purely endoscopic transcortical approach for the resection of colloid cyst.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Unusual “double density” colloid cysts
- Creators
- Nader S Dahdaleh - Department of Neurosurgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, 200 Hawkins Drive, Iowa City, IA 52242, USABrian J Dlouhy - Department of Neurosurgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, 200 Hawkins Drive, Iowa City, IA 52242, USAPatricia A Kirby - Department of Pathology, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA, USAJeremy D.W Greenlee - Department of Neurosurgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, 200 Hawkins Drive, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of clinical neuroscience, Vol.19(4), pp.612-614
- Publisher
- Elsevier Ltd
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.jocn.2011.06.021
- PMID
- 22249014
- ISSN
- 0967-5868
- eISSN
- 1532-2653
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 04/2012
- Academic Unit
- Stead Family Department of Pediatrics; Pathology; Iowa Neuroscience Institute; Neurosurgery; Otolaryngology
- Record Identifier
- 9984040293602771
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