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Transient choroid plexus cysts and benign asymmetrical ventricles: a case suggesting a possible link: case report.

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Heilman, CB; Zerris, VA
Published in: Neurosurgery
January 2003

OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE: Brain magnetic resonance imaging scans occasionally reveal asymmetrical ventricles with no identifiable cause. A case is presented that highlights a possible connection between transient choroid plexus cysts and benign asymmetrical ventricles. CLINICAL PRESENTATION: The patient was a 2.5-week-old asymptomatic boy. Transcranial ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging revealed the infant to have a left frontal horn choroid plexus cyst and a mildly dilated left lateral ventricle. Head circumference was at 90% of the norm for age. The neurological examination revealed nothing abnormal. Four months later, follow-up magnetic resonance imaging revealed complete resolution of the cyst with persistent ventricular asymmetry. INTERVENTION: No surgical intervention was undertaken. The lesion was assessed via x-ray. CONCLUSION: Spontaneously resolving choroid plexus cysts of infancy causing outflow obstruction of the lateral ventricle may be one of the underlying causes of benign asymmetrical ventricles.

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Neurosurgery

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ISSN

0148-396X

Publication Date

January 2003

Volume

52

Issue

1

Start / End Page

213 / 215

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Remission, Spontaneous
  • Neurology & Neurosurgery
  • Neurologic Examination
  • Male
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Infant
  • Humans
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Echoencephalography
  • Dominance, Cerebral
 

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Heilman, C. B., & Zerris, V. A. (2003). Transient choroid plexus cysts and benign asymmetrical ventricles: a case suggesting a possible link: case report. Neurosurgery, 52(1), 213–215. https://doi.org/10.1097/00006123-200301000-00027
Heilman, Carl B., and Vasilios A. Zerris. “Transient choroid plexus cysts and benign asymmetrical ventricles: a case suggesting a possible link: case report.Neurosurgery 52, no. 1 (January 2003): 213–15. https://doi.org/10.1097/00006123-200301000-00027.
Heilman, Carl B., and Vasilios A. Zerris. “Transient choroid plexus cysts and benign asymmetrical ventricles: a case suggesting a possible link: case report.Neurosurgery, vol. 52, no. 1, Jan. 2003, pp. 213–15. Pubmed, doi:10.1097/00006123-200301000-00027.
Journal cover image

Published In

Neurosurgery

DOI

ISSN

0148-396X

Publication Date

January 2003

Volume

52

Issue

1

Start / End Page

213 / 215

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Remission, Spontaneous
  • Neurology & Neurosurgery
  • Neurologic Examination
  • Male
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Infant
  • Humans
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Echoencephalography
  • Dominance, Cerebral