A case is described in which a previously healthy 11-year-old boy attended a ‘disco-dance’ where he indulged in a current craze known as ‘head-banging’. The history can be traced back to this activity. Post-mortem revealed an intra-cerebral haematoma obstructing the circulation of cerebrospinal fluid. Histological techniques indicated that the basic pathology was related to a colloid cyst in the third ventricle.
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