Table 1: Summary of cases with colloid cyst spontaneous rupture.
Case/year [ref. No.] |
Gender/age |
Presentation |
Size (mm)/CC contents/MRI characteristics |
Ventricular size |
CC dynamics/Follow-up |
Ventricular size dynamics |
Symptoms Dynamics |
Mechanism of CC reduction |
Motoyama Y, et al. 2002 [17] |
♂/83 |
Progressive hydrocephalus |
large (not reported)/homogeneous/- T1, ↓T2 |
+++ |
Rupture of the CC with preservation of the capsule /10 days |
No |
Regression followed by hydrocephalus after 6 months (refusal of CSF shunting surgery) |
Unknown |
Annamalai G, et al. 2008 [14] |
♂/35 |
Asymptomatic finding (due to trauma) |
5/homogeneous/ ↑T1, ↓T2 |
++ (D > S) |
Complete resorption/15 months |
No |
No |
Unknown |
Gbejuade H, et al. 2011 [15] |
♂/65 |
F |
8/homogeneous/ ↓T2 |
N
|
Complete resorption/19 months |
No |
Regression |
Unknown |
Duncan G, et al. 2014 [16] |
♀/22 |
Asymptomatic finding (due to migraine) |
3/homogeneous/ ↑T1 |
N |
Increase of colloidal component up to 6 mm (↓T1) with subsequent decrease to 3 mm (↑T1)/50 months |
No |
No |
Unknown |
Bakhtevari MH, et al. 2015 [18] |
♂/69 |
Progressive hydrocephalus; meningism |
50 /homogeneous/ - T1, ↑Т2 |
+++ |
Rupture of CC with development of chemical meningitis; endoscopic removal of CC /42 months |
++ (slightly less than before surgery) |
Regression |
Unknown |
Peeters S, et al. 2016 [20] |
♀/46 |
Asymptomatic finding (due to dysmenorrhea) |
0.675 cm3/homogeneous/ ↑T1, ↓T2 |
N |
Colloid content increase to 2.852 cm3 (↓T1, ↑Т2) with subsequent decrease to 0.07-cm3 (↑T1)/ 36 months |
No |
Headaches with аmnestic and mental disorders (during size increase of CC) with subsequent regression |
Unknown |
Turel M, et al. 2017 [19] |
♀/45 |
Asymptomatic finding (due to nonspecific headaches, vertigo) |
11 /heterogeneous/ ↑T1 with ↓T1 center; ↑T2 with ↓T2 center |
N |
Complete resorption/ 24 months |
Slightly narrowed |
No |
Unknown |
Agrawal D, et al. 2020 [5] |
♂/21 |
Asymptomatic finding (familial form) |
6 (CT) |
N |
Increase of colloidal component up to 8 mm (↑Т2) with subsequent decrease to 4 mm (↑Т2)/38 months |
Slightly expanded with a subsequent narrowing |
No |
Unknown |
Present case |
♀/28 |
Headaches, occlusive seizures |
14 /heterogeneous / ↑T1 with - T1 center; ↑Т2 with ↓T2 center |
++ |
Rupture of the CC with preservation of the dense component/108 months |
Narrowed |
Regression |
Hydrodynamic impact |
"-" – isointense MRI signal; ↑ - hyperintense MRI signal; ↓ - hyperintense MRI signal; "+++" - pronounced dilatation; "++" - mild dilatation; N - normal size or slight dilatation