Colloid cyst risk score has predictive capacity for determining symptomatic clinical status and therefore likelihood of requiring treatment24
| Criterion | Points |
| Age <65 years | |
| Yes | 1 |
| No | 0 |
| Headache | |
| Yes | 1 |
| No | 0 |
| Axial diameter ≥7 mm | |
| Yes | 1 |
| No | 0 |
| FLAIR hyperintensity | |
| Yes | 1 |
| No | 0 |
| Risk zone | |
| Yes | 1 |
| No | 0 |
FLAIR, Fluid Attenuated Inversion Recovery.