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

Carl B. Heilman; Vasilios A. Zerris; Robert G. Grossman; Thomas H. Milhorat; Allan H. Friedman

doi:10.1097/00006123-200301000-00027

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

Carl B. Heilman, Vasilios A. Zerris, Robert G. Grossman, Thomas H. Milhorat, Allan H. Friedman

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	213-215
Number of pages	3
Journal	Neurosurgery
Volume	52
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/00006123-200301000-00027
State	Published - 1 Jan 2003

Keywords

Asymmetrical ventricles
Choroid plexus cyst
Epithelium-lined cyst
Intraventricular tumor
Lateral ventricle

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