Colloid cyst of the third ventricle and sudden death.
Patients with colloid cysts of the third ventricle may complain only of severe headache. The threat of sudden death makes these patients a special diagnostic problem to the emergency physician. There may be only a few intermittent and nonspecific signs and symptoms associated with this tumor. A discussion of two such cases and an abstract of similar cases drawn from the literature is included in this report.
D000328:Adult; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D002551:Cerebral Ventricle Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D002552:Cerebral Ventricles / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D003560:Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D003645:Death, Sudden / Q000209:etiology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004806:Ependymoma / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006261:Headache / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male