title: Third ventricle colloid cyst.
abstract: A 65-year-old man presented with an episode of loss of consciousness associated with a fever and headache. His history was significant for 1 year of short-term memory loss. Computed tomographic scanning showed a third ventricular mass that was ultimately resected and pathologically confirmed as a colloid cyst. The patient's postoperative course was complicated by a dense left hemiparesis. A brief discussion of colloid cysts of the third ventricle is presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Albany Medical Center, NY 12208, USA.
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Ferrera
authors.forename: L E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Kass
mesh_terms: D002288:Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous / Q000175:diagnosis; D000368:Aged; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D002552:Cerebral Ventricles; D003560:Cysts / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005334:Fever / Q000209:etiology; D006261:Headache / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008569:Memory Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014474:Unconsciousness / Q000209:etiology