Head bobbing associated with a cyst of the third ventricle

Abstract

✓ A woman with hydrocephalus and head bobbing presented with headaches and episodic loss of consciousness. Contrast studies revealed a cyst within the third ventricle. At craniotomy it occupied the entire third ventricle and its walls merged with the hypothalamus. This is considered to be a congenital suprasellar arachnoid cyst which expanded superiorly through the third ventricle. Similar cases are reviewed and therapy briefly discussed.