Changing characteristics of a colloid cyst of the third ventricle.
We describe extremely unusual radiological characteristics in a colloid cyst of the third ventricle, where the cyst became dense and its size decreased following a cerebrospinal fluid diversion procedure. Such a course of events has been reported in colloid cysts only twice in the literature.
Kachhara
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Department of Neurosurgery, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum, India. sctimst@renback.delhi.nic.in
Das
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Nair
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Gupta
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D000293:Adolescent; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002552:Cerebral Ventricles / Q000473:pathology*; D003102:Colloids; D003560:Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D017287:Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt
D003102:Colloids