Chronic Intraventricular Encapsulated Hematoma in an Adult: A Case Report

• Main Authors: E. Kechagias, C. Ioakimidou, N. Georgakoulias, A. Seretis, G. Kontogeorgos
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Karger Publishers 2010-09-01
• Series: Case Reports in Neurology
• Subjects: Chronic intraventricular encapsulated hematoma; Intraventricular mass; Transcallosal approach; Cranial nerve palsy
• Online Access: http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/320925

This case report is a presentation of a chronic intraventricular encapsulated hematoma in an adult who presented with gait disturbance, fever, palsy of N. III, N. VI and N. VII, and photophobia. Ophthalmoscopy revealed a bilateral papilledema. Computed tomography scans and magnetic resonance imaging revealed an intraventricular mass in the lateral ventricle. Preoperative diagnosis could not rule out a neoplasm. The lesion was totally removed with open surgery and was found to be a chronic intraventricular encapsulated hematoma. A chronic intraventricular encapsulated hematoma is a rare entity. After the removal of the mass, the clinical symptoms of the patient gradually resolved.