Experience with 25 cases of tumour of the third ventricle in children is reviewed. The majority of the lesions were infiltrating astrocytomas of the anterior and mid-portions of the third ventricle. These tumours were generally inoperable. However, other tumours within the third ventricle were benign, encapsulated, and resectable. Surgical exposure was carried out through one of three routes: p...

Familial colloid cyst of the third ventricle is very rare. This is one of the two largest families reported and the first in which all affected members are siblings. One asymptomatic sister was found by screening, emphasizing the value of screening. A brother and two sisters from a family consisting of three brothers and three sisters who were diagnosed as having colloid cyst of the third v...

The authors review the main technical approaches to the third ventricle, the most common surgical indications and their results. The traditional open techniques are characterized by low rate of residual lesion and risk, although low, epilepsy postoperatively. Endoscopic techniques has gained wide acceptance by patients and neurosurgeons because of the low rates of complications and reduced hosp...

A 38-year-old woman presented to the emergency room with a 7day history of severe headache, nausea, and vomiting . The neurologic examination was normal. Both CT and MR showed a mass at the foramen of Monro (Fig . 1). The CT appearance was atypical for colloid cyst; therefore, the diagnosis of xanthogranuloma was suggested. The mass was surgically removed , and the final pathologic diagnosis wa...