Arachnoid cysts in the transparent septal region.
- Author:
Xuan Thuong Nguyen
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
arachnoid cyst
- MeSH:
Arachnoid cysts;
diagnosis
- From:Journal of Vietnamese Medicine
1999;232(1):176-178
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
The authors report two races of Arachnoid cysts located at the septum Lucidum. The presenting signs are those of Intracranial hypertension with cephalalgia and disc edema of the retina. The diagnosis can only be made by CT scanner with a cyst having the same density as the ventricular cerebro spinal fluid, and located at the “septum lucidum” between the lateral ventricles-surgery by transcallosal approach is indicated when appears the intracranial hypertension syndrome.
