Rare occurrence of intracerebellar colloid cyst

Abstract

✓ Colloid cysts are rare intracerebral lesions that are preferentially encountered within the third ventricle. There are only a few reports in which colloid cysts are described in other locations such as the fourth ventricle.A symptomatic intracerebellar colloid cyst in a 45-year-old woman is described. The patient presented with headache, gait disturbance, and nausea. Neuroradiological imaging revealed compression of the fourth ventricle, hydrocephalus, and an intracerebellar cystic lesion measuring 4 × 5 cm that had a small peripheral solid portion. The cyst was successfully removed via a paramedian suboccipital approach. Postoperatively, the patient recovered quickly.The findings in the present report represent an additonal example of the broad spectrum of cystic lesions encountered in the cerebellum.