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British Journal of Radiology (2008) 81, e20-e22
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doi: 10.1259/bjr/59191880
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Case report

Spontaneous resolution of a colloid cyst of the third ventricle

G Annamalai, FRCR1, K W Lindsay, FRCS2 and J J Bhattacharya, FRCR1

Departments of 1 Neuroradiology and 2 Neurosurgery, Institute of Neurological Sciences, Glasgow, UK

Correspondence: Dr Ganesan Annamalai, Department of Medical Imaging, MG 183, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, 2075 Bayview Avenue, Toronto, ON, M4N 3M5, Canada. E-mail: gannmalai{at}bigfoot.com

We report a case of an asymptomatic colloid cyst of the third ventricle in a 35-year-old male, which on follow-up MRI at 15 months appears to have spontaneously resolved. To our knowledge, this is the first such case reported and supports the role of conservative management of small asymptomatic colloid cysts.






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