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Changing characteristics of a colloid cyst of the third ventricle

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We describe extremely unusual radiological characteristics in a colloid cyst of the third ventricle, where the cyst became dense and its size decreased following a cerebrospinal fluid diversion procedure. Such a course of events has been reported in colloid cysts only twice in the literature.

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum 695 011, India Tel.: 91-04 71-44 31 52 Fax: 91-04 71-44 64 33 e-mail: sctimst@renback.delhi.nic.in, , , , , , IN

    R. Kachhara & S. Nair

  2. Department of Radiology, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum 695 011, India, , , , , , IN

    K. Das & A. K. Gupta

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  1. R. Kachhara
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Received: 25 June 1998 Accepted: 23 July 1998

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Kachhara, R., Das, K., Nair, S. et al. Changing characteristics of a colloid cyst of the third ventricle. Neuroradiology 41, 188–189 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002340050731

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