A 65-year-old man presented with an episode of loss of consciousness a
ssociated 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 pathological
ly confirmed as a colloid cyst, The patient's postoperative course was
complicated by a dense left hemiparesis, A brief discussion of colloi
d cysts of the third ventricle is presented. Copyright (C) 1997 by W.B
. Saunders Company.