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International journal
Apr, 2006

Huge arachnoid cyst incorporating choroid plexus.

Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery
  • Hideo Hamada
  • ,
  • Yuichiro Nonaka
  • ,
  • Yasuko Kusaka
  • ,
  • Hiromichi Nakazaki
  • ,
  • Saad Hamdan Abdullah
  • ,
  • Shizuo Oi

Volume
22
Number
4
First page
420
Last page
3
Language
English
Publishing type
Research paper (scientific journal)

BACKGROUND: We report a rare case of arachnoid cyst incorporating choroid plexus. This 7-month-old girl presented with macrocrania. Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging disclosed a cystic lesion arising from the left prepontine cistern extending to the left middle cranial fossa. METHODS: First, we performed resection of the membrane microscopically and obtained an adequate reduction of the cystic size. However, 4 months after the first operation, the cyst was enlarged again, and bulging of the portion of the craniotomy was noted. Thus, we performed neuroendoscopic transcortical ventriculo-cyst-cysternostomy and confirmed the choroid plexus inside of the arachnoid cyst. DISCUSSION: Postoperative course was uneventful. This is the first reported case of choroid plexus within an arachnoid cyst, determined neuroendoscopically.

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PubMed
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15933883
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  • ISSN : 0256-7040
  • Pubmed ID : 15933883

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