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Third-ventricle enterogenous cyst presentation mimicking a colloid cyst: uncommon presentation of a rare disease and literature review

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Enterogenous cysts (ECs) are endodermal lesions resulting from splitting anomalies in the neuroenteric canal. We report the case of a 64-year-old patient who presented with a sudden headache followed by collapse. Brain computed tomography revealed a hyperdense lesion in the anterior part of the third ventricle with obstructive hydrocephalus. A presumptive diagnosis of colloid cyst was made and he underwent a right transcortical approach for lesion resection. The histopathological examination revealed an EC. ECs are common lesions in the cervical-thoracic spine but rare in the supratentorial compartment with only two previously described cases occurring in the third ventricle.

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Denmark Hill, London, SE5 9RS, UK

    José Pedro Lavrador, Christian Brogna, Francesco Vergani, Harutomo Hasegawa & Ranj Bhangoo

  2. Department of Neuropathology, King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Denmark Hill, London, SE5 9RS, UK

    Miren Aizpurua

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Lavrador, J.P., Brogna, C., Vergani, F. et al. Third-ventricle enterogenous cyst presentation mimicking a colloid cyst: uncommon presentation of a rare disease and literature review. Acta Neurochir 159, 465–468 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-016-3052-5

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