Deformed optic chiasm and colloid cyst in a patient with visual disturbances.
Colloid cysts of the third ventricle are rare intracranial lesions which comprise 0.5 to 1% of all intracranial tumors. We describe a patient with a third ventricle colloid cyst who presented with non specific visual deterioration.
Loewenstein
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Department of Ophthalmology, Ichilov Hospital, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
Gaton
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Reider-Grosswasser
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Bracha
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Lazar
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D000328:Adult; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003560:Cysts / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009897:Optic Chiasm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D010211:Papilledema / Q000175:diagnosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000209:etiology*