crosses the muscle. The catheter and needle are directed caudally and ventrally toward the suprasternal notch. Excellent reviews are found in the advanced life support manual of the American Heart Association, 2 and in an article by Defalque. 1 Other approaches, including the anterior and central ro
Colloid cyst of the third ventricle and sudden death
โ Scribed by John A. McDonald
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1982
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 983 KB
- Volume
- 11
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1097-6760
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โฆ Synopsis
Patients with colloid cysts of the third ventricle may complain only of severe headache. The threat of sudden death makes these patients a special diagnostic problem to the emergency physician. There may be only a few intermittent and nonspecific signs and symptoms associated with this tumor. A discussion of two such cases and an abstract of similar cases drawn from the literature is included in this report.
๐ SIMILAR VOLUMES
Giant or huge colloid cysts of the third ventricle up to of more than 3 cm in diameter are extremely rare. The patient presented with symptoms of increased intracranial pressure, including headache, vomiting, and papilledema. Computerized tomographic (CT) scan revealed a hypodense, huge colloid cyst