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Endoscopic Approach for Colloid Cyst Resection
Published on: May 23, 2025
Intraoperative cerebral ultrasound for third ventricle colloid cyst removal: case report
Assunta Filippini1, Francesco Prada1, Massimiliano Del Bene1
1Department of Neurosurgery, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico "C. Besta", Via Celoria 11, 20133 Milan, Italy.
Purpose:
To assess the usefulness of intraoperative Ultrasound (ioUS) and Echo-Color-Doppler (ECD) for the surgical removal of a specific deep-sited lesion.
Methods:
Case report of a woman underwent surgery of a third ventricle colloid cyst removal.
Results:
The ioUS technique depicted the deep intraventricular lesion and all the anatomical structures surrounding the lesion; helping us defining the best trajectory for the safest surgical removal.
Conclusion:
In our experience ioUS and ECD have demonstrated to be a reliable and useful intraoperative tool in neurosurgery, not only for superficial tumors but for deep intraventicular lesions as well.
