3RD VENTRICULAR CYSTICERCAL CYST MIMICKING A COLLOID CYST - CASE-REPORT

Authors
COULDWELL WT CHANDRASOMA P APUZZO MLJ ZEE CS
Citation
Wt. Couldwell et al., 3RD VENTRICULAR CYSTICERCAL CYST MIMICKING A COLLOID CYST - CASE-REPORT, Neurosurgery, 37(6), 1995, pp. 1200-1203
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery,Neurosciences
Journal title
Neurosurgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
0148396X
Volume
37
Issue
6
Year of publication
1995
Pages
1200 - 1203
Database
ISI
SICI code
0148-396X(1995)37:6<1200:3VCCMA>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
WE DESCRIBE A case of a 28-year-old Latino man who presented with sign s and symptoms of raised intracranial pressure and radiographic eviden ce of a third ventricular cystic lesion. The cyst was removed via a tr anscallosal approach; the histology was noted to be a cysticercal lesi on. The radiographic and histological features of this interesting cas e are discussed.