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Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences 2004 June;48(2):67-70

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Neurological deterioration after head trauma in patients with colloid cysts of the 3rd ventricle. Two case histories

Cultrera F., Parisi G., Platania N., Consoli V., Albanese V.

Department of Neurosurgery “Garibaldi” Hospital, Catania, Italy

The ­authors ­report 2 cas­es of col­loid ­cyst of the 3rd ven­tri­cle (­both ­patients pre­vi­ous­ly asymp­to­mat­ic) diag­nosed ­after ­head trau­ma. Neurological dete­ri­ora­tion due to biven­tric­u­lar hydro­ceph­a­lus, ren­der­ing nec­es­sary an ­urgent bilat­er­al CSF shunt­ing, was ­observed. The pos­sible rela­tion­ship ­between clin­i­cal dete­ri­ora­tion and ­head inju­ry in ­these cas­es is dis­cussed.