Suprasellar Colloid Cyst: An Unusual Location

Colloid cyst: an unusual cause of seizure

A 46-year-old female presented to the emergency department after two episodes of new-onset generalized tonic clonic seizures. She was lethargic and mildly confused with a blood pressure of 143/ 84 mm Hg, pulse of 69/min, oral temp of 36.68C (97.98F), respiratory rate of 14/min, and saturation of 93% on room air. She complained of mild headaches but had no nausea and vomiting. There were no foca...

Pericardial cyst in an unusual location.

A suprasellar arachnoid cyst destructing sphenoid sinus: an unusual cause of headache in an elderly female.

Headache is one of the most frequent physical complaints of humans. Although headaches are generally benign, neuroimaging studies are frequently performed in clinical practice for the fear of missing a serious underlying disease. Arachnoid cysts are cavities with a content similar to cerebrospinal fluid, frequently communicating with the subarachnoid space. Arachnoid cysts are often discovered ...

Accidental discovery of a hydatid cyst with primary presentation in an unusual location: a case report

A hydatid cyst is a zoonotic infection caused by the larval forms of mostly the Echinococcus granulosus. In humans, the most common site of cyst development is the liver (60%), followed by the lungs (20%), and much less commonly in other organs such as kidney, spleen, brain, and other soft tissues. The localization of cysts in muscles and subcutaneous is very rare. We report a case of 38-year-o...

An unusual location and presentation of a usual pathology-Colloid cyst of fourth ventricle presenting as spontaneous rhinorrhea.

Colloid cysts are relatively rare benign intracranial lesions preferentially located within the third ventricle. There are only a few reports in which they have been found to be ectopic, such as in the fourth ventricle. A young female presented on with spontaneous non-traumatic cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) rhinorrhoea for three months which was positional in nature, relieved temporarily by neck fl...