Background: Colloid cysts are benign lesions of the roof third ventricle, often diagnosed incidentally; sometimes they can cause hydrocephalus due to obstruction foramina Monroe. Symptomatic could be resected either microsurgically (transcallosal or transcortical) endoscopically. Although both strategies effective and have advantages disadvantages, there is no consensus on choice optimal approa...

Ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt proximal tip disconnection is rarely seen as a shunt complication. Shunt dysfunction and hydrocephaly can develop due to this disconnection. Presented here is a case of a disconnection of the ventricular catheter from the shunt valve, which passed between both lateral ventricles by free floating in the brain CT. The patient was operated on for hydrocephaly. The d...

Juvenile colloid milium is a rare degenerative dermatosis of keratinocytes manifesting before puberty. It has a chronic course, is detected primarily over sun-exposed areas, and is clinically characterized by the development of translucent, waxy, yellowishamber papules and plaques containing gelatinous material and (histologically characterized) by the presence of eosinophilic, fissured materia...

The philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein chose as his prime exemplar of certainty the fact that the skulls of normal people are filled with neural tissue, not sawdust. In 1980 the British pediatrician John Lorber reported that some normal adults, apparently cured of childhood hydrocephaly, had no more than 5 % of the volume of normal brain tissue. While initially disbelieved, Lorber’s observations h...

Although fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) is most valuable in the diagnosis of thyroid cancer, it is hampered by the fact that no specimen suitable for cytological examination can be collected from all cystic lesions. Often inadequate aspirates, consisting only of fluid or a few foamy cells and lacking the necessary epithelial cells, are all that an aspirationist is able to collect. Therefo...

Costello syndrome is a rare genetic disorder characterised by growth and mental retardation, macrocephaly, short neck and macroglossia. Cardiac involvement can also occur in Costello syndrome and is presented in the form of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, tachyarrythmias and valvular dysfunction. Nervous system involvement including ventriculomegaly, hydrocephaly and Chiari type 1 malformation are...