The authors report a series of three children with symptomatic congenital arachnoid cyst of the lateral ventricles. Presenting symptoms consisted of macrocephally, delay in psychomotor development, and seizures. CT findings were of a well-defined cystic lesion placed in the atrium of the lateral ven
Arachnoid cyst of the lateral ventricles
✍ Scribed by Juan F. Martínez-Lage; Máximo Poza; Joaquín Sola; Alberto Puche
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 27 KB
- Volume
- 9
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0256-7040
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