Rare occurrence of intracerebellar colloid cyst. Case report.
Colloid cysts are rare intracerebral lesions that are preferentially encountered within the third ventricle. There are only a few reports in which colloid cysts are described in other locations such as the fourth ventricle. A symptomatic intracerebellar colloid cyst in a 45-year-old woman is described. The patient presented with headache, gait disturbance, and nausea. Neuroradiological imaging revealed compression of the fourth ventricle, hydrocephalus, and an intracerebellar cystic lesion measuring 4 x 5 cm that had a small peripheral solid portion. The cyst was successfully removed via a paramedian suboccipital approach. Postoperatively, the patient recovered quickly. The findings in the present report represent an additional example of the broad spectrum of cystic lesions encountered in the cerebellum.
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Department of Neurosurgery, Institute of Legal Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany.
Büttner
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Weis
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D002526:Cerebellar Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003102:Colloids; D003560:Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D003102:Colloids