COLLOID CYSTS OF THE THIRD VENTRICLE
- 1 March 1940
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Neurology & Psychiatry
- Vol. 43 (3) , 510-523
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archneurpsyc.1940.02280030084008
Abstract
Colloid cysts of the third ventricle, once considered a rarity discovered only at autopsy, in patients dying suddenly and unexpectedly, are now diagnosed with a fair degree of assurance, and have been found to be amenable to suitable surgical treatment. Stookey,1 in 1934, collected 34 cases from the literature, adding 3 of his own. Instances in which this tumor has been encountered have been reported with increasing frequency in recent years. This report is based on examination in 4 cases in which colloid cysts of the third ventricle have been demonstrated. The patients showed similarity of symptoms, and all four cysts showed a rather marked uniformity in site of origin, size and gross and microscopic structure. Two of the cysts were removed successfully at operation, and 2 were recovered at autopsy in cases of sudden death. All the cysts were observed hanging from the anterior portion of the roofThis publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- TUMORS IN THE REGION OF THE THIRD VENTRICLEJournal of Nervous & Mental Disease, 1929