GIANT CYST OF THE CAVUM SEPTI PELLUCIDI AND CAVUM VERGAE WITH POSTERIOR CRANIAL FOSSA EXTENSION - CASE-REPORT

Authors
BAYAR MA GOKCEK C GOKCEK A EDEBALI N BUHARALI Z
Citation
Ma. Bayar et al., GIANT CYST OF THE CAVUM SEPTI PELLUCIDI AND CAVUM VERGAE WITH POSTERIOR CRANIAL FOSSA EXTENSION - CASE-REPORT, Neuroradiology, 38, 1996, pp. 187-189
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging","Clinical Neurology
Journal title
Neuroradiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00283940
Volume
38
Year of publication
1996
Supplement
1
Pages
187 - 189
Database
ISI
SICI code
0028-3940(1996)38:<187:GCOTCS>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
The cavum septi pellucidi (CSP) and cavum Vergae (CV) are frequently s een in premature and term infants. These cavities rarely enlarge and b ecome symptomatic we describe a giant CSP and CV cyst in an 18-month-o ld boy, extending to the posterior cranial fossa and causing hydroceph alus. The literature is reviewed, and the MRI and CT findings of the c ase are reported.