Sudden death of 23 year-old asymptomatic male patient led to further investigation into its cause. Previously, he had complained of excruciating headache in the classroom, falling on the computer. His brain showed edema and vascular congestion without herniation. Coronal sections showed dilatation of the lateral ventricles and nodule attached to the roof of the third ventricle. The microscopic diagnosis was colloid cyst of third ventricle. The threat of sudden death among colloid cyst patients is a serious diagnostic problem in medical emergencies. The relevance of this case is to remind doctors that this entity should remain as differential diagnosis in headaches among children, adolescents and young adults.
Colloid cysts; Death sudden; Intracranial hypertension
