OBJECTIVE: Patients with third ventricular colloid cysts typically are diagnosed when they
develop symptoms related to cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) obstruction at the foramen of Monro …

✓ A continuous follow-up review of colloid cysts including aspects of natural history and
evaluation of treatment options is necessary to optimize individual treatment. Thirty-seven …

OBJECTIVE Colloid cysts are rare, histologically benign lesions that may result in
obstructive hydrocephalus and death. Understanding the natural history of colloid cysts has …

Object. To determine the natural history of colloid cysts of the third ventricle in patients in
whom the cysts were incidentally discovered, the authors retrospectively reviewed cases …

Colloid cysts are benign space-occuping lesions, which arise from the velum interpositum or
the choroid plexus of the third ventricle and are able to produce symptomatic obstruction of …

Background. The surgical technique and clinical results for a series of 16 consecutive
patients who underwent resection of third ventricular colloid cysts through a stereotactically …

Object. Patients harboring colloid cysts of the third ventricle can present with acute
neurological deterioration, or the first indication of the lesion may appear when the patient …

BACKGROUND: The endoscopic removal of third ventricular colloid cysts has been
developed as an alternative to microsurgical transcortical-transventricular and transcallosal …

BACKGROUND Colloid cyst of the third ventricle is a relatively rare intracranial tumor. It
generates tremendous interest for the neurosurgeon because of its benign nature, deep …

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Colloid cysts of the third ventricle are rare benign brain
tumors. The purpose of this study was to correlate their patterns on MR images with the …