Jensen H P, Pendl G, Goerke W
Childs Brain. 1978;4(4):235-41. doi: 10.1159/000119780.
The case of a 7 year-old boy with 'bobble head doll syndrome' associated with a cyst in the third ventricle is reported. This movement disorder appears in early childhood and consists mostly in a rhythmic to-and-fro bobbing of the head and eventually of the trunk. As in three previously described cases, this case showed only slight decrease of the 'tic' after partial removal of the cyst by transcortical exploration of the third ventricle. In an inquiry and a survey of the literature, 17 cases with bobble head doll syndrome were collected. The average age of the described cases was 7 years at time of diagnosis. In 13 cases a slow-growing cyst or mass in the anterior part of the third ventricle of close to this region was found. There was no case observed with an acute lesion, in 3 cases it was thought an aqueduct stenosis should be the cause, and in 1 case the cause was unknown.
报告了一例7岁男孩患有与第三脑室囊肿相关的“点头娃娃综合征”。这种运动障碍出现在儿童早期，主要表现为头部有节奏地来回摆动，最终躯干也会如此。与之前描述的三个病例一样，该病例在通过经皮质第三脑室探查部分切除囊肿后，“抽搐”仅略有减轻。在一项文献检索和调查中，收集到17例点头娃娃综合征病例。所描述病例的平均诊断年龄为7岁。在13例病例中，发现第三脑室前部或靠近该区域有一个生长缓慢的囊肿或肿块。未观察到急性病变的病例，3例认为病因是导水管狭窄，1例病因不明。
