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Spontaneous intraventricular rupture of a craniopharyngioma cyst: A case report
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Spontaneous intraventricular rupture of a craniopharyngioma cyst: A case report

Kunal Vakharia, Ioannis Dimitrios Siasios, Alexander B. Dorsch and Jody Leonardo
International Journal of Critical Illness and Injury Science, v 7(2), pp 126-128
01 Apr 2017
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4103/IJCIIS.IJCIIS_121_16
PMID: 28660168
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Case Report
Intraventricular rupture of craniopharyngioma cysts is an unusual event which is associated with a high risk of loculated or communicating hydrocephalus. A 75-year-old woman presented at the Emergency Department of our hospital with mental status deterioration due to chemical ventriculitis and acute hydrocephalus following the intraventricular rupture of a craniopharyngioma cyst. The patient was treated with stress-dose steroid therapy. In addition, she underwent placement of an external ventricular drain and endoscopy-assisted intra-cystic placement of an Ommaya reservoir for the aspiration of the cystic fluid. The patient's condition improved; she was shunted in an expeditious fashion and discharged from the Intensive Care Unit within 2 weeks of her admission with the reservoir in place for the continued drainage of the cyst.

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