Intraventricular hydatid cyst causing entrapped temporal horn syndrome: A case report and review of literature

Entrapment of temporal horn: First case of bilateral occurrence and review of literature

“…To the best of our knowledge this is the first reported case with a progressive enlargement of both trapped temporal horns. Previously twelve cases of the left temporal horn and seventeen cases of the right temporal horn entrapment were reported [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20].…”

“…The entrapment is described due to choroids plexitis, intraventricular hemorrhage, intraventricular hydatid cyst, intraventricular arachnoid cyst, brain abscesses, cryptococcal meningitis, previous intraventricular surgery, neurosarcoidosis, neurocysticercosis, intra and extraventricular meningiomas, xanthogranulomas of the choroid plexus, systemic juvenile xanthogranulomatosis, gliomas and B-cell CNS lymphoma [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20]. In the presented case the exclusion of both temporal horns is apparently not secondary to other previous causes.…”

“…This form of focal hydrocephalus has been described in a variety of diseases including central nervous system infections, hemorrhages, trauma, extra-axial or intra-axial tumors, postoperative scarring within the trigone, neurosarcoidosis and xanthogranulomatosis [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20]. Clinical presentation is often with headache, seizures, hemiparesis, and visual field deficits [9].…”

‘Trapped temporal horn’ of lateral ventricle in tuberculous meningitis

“…Causes leading to entrapped temporal horn include previous meningitis with choroid plexitis and ventriculitis, intracranial neoplasms (colloid cysts of the third ventricle, tumours of the septum pellucidum and thalamus), intraventricular cysts,4 (hydatid cysts or cysticercosis) or after a surgical procedure within or in proximity of the foramen of Monro.…”

An Idiopathic Huge Trapped Temporal Horn: Surgical Strategy and Review of Literature

“…Etiologically, trapped temporal horn could be outcome of various brain pathologies [2,3,5,6,17,[20][21][22]. Despite description of various surgical approaches from ventriculo-cisternostomy to shunting, there is no standard surgical treatment for this rare condition.…”