GLIOEPENDYMAL AND ARACHNOID CYSTS: UNUSUAL CAUSES OF EARLY VENTRICULOMEGALY IN UTERO
✍ Scribed by JAMIYAH HASSAN; WALDO SEPULVEDA; JERONIMA TEIXEIRA; PHILLIP M. COX
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 967 KB
- Volume
- 16
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0197-3851
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✦ Synopsis
In this report we describe two cases of fetal midline intracranial cyst presenting with ventriculomegaly at routine detailed second-trimester scan. In the first case, additional findings included a banana-shaped hypoplastic cerebellum and macrocephaly; autopsy after termination of the pregnancy revealed a glioependymal cyst. In the second case, subsequent follow-up examination revealed a progressive increase in cyst size and worsening of ventriculomegaly; termination of pregnancy was performed at 24 weeks and autopsy confirmed an arachnoid cyst. These cases document interhemispheric cyst as a cause for early ventriculomegaly in utero.