Three siblings with intracranial arachnoid cysts are described, two males and one female. One of the males has symmetric, bilateral, temporoparietal convexity cysts, and the others have singular, unilateral cysts. Three additional siblings in the family and other known relatives are clinically unaff
Multiple, small, intracranial arachnoid cysts
β Scribed by R.Nuri Sener
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 228 KB
- Volume
- 21
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0895-6111
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β¦ Synopsis
Arachnoid cysts are CSF-tilled intmaraehnoidai coktkms.
They are lrro~t conns&y kated in the middle cranid fossa foliowed by supraseiiar aud quadrigemiaal interhen&pkriic fissure. We report an h&lent& exceptional case w& in five d&&rent Ioattious i~htdiug two in the middle cranial quadrigemiual cistern, and cerebral convexity.
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