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| Year : 2014 | Volume
: 62
| Issue : 6 | Page : 665--668 |
Operative nuances of excision of colloid cysts in septum pellucidum: A report of three cases
Nishanth Sadashiva1, Savitr Sastry2, Dhananjaya Bhat1, Paritosh Pandey1
1 Department of Neurosurgery, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
2 Department of Neurosurgery, Yashoda Hospitals, Secunderabad, Telangana, India
Correspondence Address:
Paritosh Pandey
Department of Neurosurgery, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore - 560 029, Karnataka
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.149397
Colloid cysts are common cysts are often located in the anterior third ventricle and septum pellucidum location is extremely rare. Cysts in septum pellucidum can be missed at surgery because of their unusual location. We describe three patients with colloid cysts in the septum pellucidum, with two in the cavum septum pellucidum. Various surgical implications of this unusual location are enumerated.
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