Spinal neuroepithelial cysts

1978 ◽  
Vol 45 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 177-185 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Fortuna ◽  
L. Palma ◽  
S. Mercuri
Keyword(s):  
Neuroepithelial Cysts

CT and IVIRI Findings of Neuroepithelial Cysts in the Lateral Ventricles

1995 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 51
Author(s):  
Young Min Han ◽  
Ki Chul Choi ◽  
Chong Soo Kim ◽  
See Sung Choi ◽  
Gyung Ho Chung ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lateral Ventricles ◽  
Neuroepithelial Cysts

Spinal Intradural Juxtamedullary Cysts in the Adult: Surgical Management and Outcome

Neurosurgery ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 55 (6) ◽  
pp. 1352-1360 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hischam Bassiouni ◽  
Anja Hunold ◽  
Siamak Asgari ◽  
Uwe Hübschen ◽  
Hermann-Josef König ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Surgical Management ◽  
Nerve Root ◽  
Pain Syndrome ◽  
Radicular Pain ◽  
Arachnoid Cysts ◽  
Cervical Nerve Root ◽  
Cervical Nerve ◽  
Neuroepithelial Cysts

Abstract OBJECTIVE: Intradural nonneoplastic cysts compressing the spinal cord are rare lesions. We retrospectively analyzed a series of patients harboring this entity with regard to clinical and radiological features, surgical management, and follow-up results. METHODS: In a retrospective study, we reviewed the medical charts, radiological investigations, and follow-up data of 11 women and 10 men (mean age, 43.6 yr) with intradural juxtamedullary spinal cysts, which were consecutively treated microsurgically at our institutions between January 1995 and January 2003. All lesions were approached via a laminectomy, hemilaminectomy, or laminoplasty at the corresponding vertebral levels and histopathologically verified. The patients were routinely scheduled for clinical follow-up 2 and 6 months after surgery. Baseline postoperative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was ordered 6 months after surgery. Thereafter, follow-up was performed at 1-year intervals, with neurological examination and MRI. RESULTS: According to presenting symptomatology, two main patient groups could be differentiated: one group with a myelopathic syndrome (10 patients) and another group with a predominant radicular pain syndrome (8 patients). Histopathological examination revealed 16 arachnoid cysts, 4 neuroepithelial cysts, and 1 cervical nerve root cyst. Most arachnoid cysts (12 cases) were located on the dorsal aspect of the thoracic spinal cord. The mean craniocaudal extension of these cysts was 3.7 vertebral levels, and complete resection was performed. In four patients, the arachnoid cyst was situated ventral to the spinal cord and involved up to 17 vertebral levels. These patients had a history of major spinal trauma, and the cyst was generously fenestrated at its greatest circumference as depicted on preoperative MRI scans. The four neuroepithelial cysts and the cervical nerve root cyst were located on the ventral or ventrolateral aspect of the spinal cord, and their maximum sagittal extension was two spinal vertebral levels. Symptoms in all but two patients demonstrated major improvement; in particular, radiating pain disappeared immediately after surgery. There was no cyst recurrence on MRI after a mean follow-up period of 3.2 years. CONCLUSION: Intradural cysts should be considered in the differential diagnosis of lesions causing myelopathy and/or a radicular pain syndrome. Microsurgical resection or generous fenestration in cysts with large craniocaudal extensions effectively ameliorated patients' symptomatology. A description of the first documented case of a surgically treated intradural cervical nerve root cyst is provided.

scholarly journals Coexistence of Temporo-Occipital Polymicrogyria with Choroidal Fissure Cyst in a Case of Focal Onset Seizures

2018 ◽  
Vol 05 (02) ◽  
pp. 104-106
Author(s):  
M. Kiran ◽  
A. Karthik ◽  
L. V. Lekshmi ◽  
K. Nagarajan
Keyword(s):  
Neuronal Migration ◽  
Incidental Findings ◽  
Brain Lesions ◽  
Vascular Lesions ◽  
Clinical Implications ◽  
Low Grade ◽  
Focal Lesions ◽  
Neuronal Migration Disorders ◽  
Embryonic Life ◽  
Neuroepithelial Cysts

AbstractFocal-onset seizures can be caused by underlying brain lesions including focal lesions such as granulomas, low-grade neoplasms, vascular lesions, or neuronal migration disorders. Polymicrogyria is a congenital abnormality of cortical formation occurring during embryonic life. Choroidal fissure cysts are either arachnoid or neuroepithelial cysts arising at the choroidal fissure, and mostly they are incidental findings having no significant clinical implications. Coexistence of both of these can lead to dilemma in the management decisions. We present a case of focal-onset seizures with an unreported coexistence of polymicrogyria with choroidal fissure cyst.

Neuroepithelial (colloid) cysts of the septum pellucidum

1975 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-73 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivan Ciric ◽  
Israel Zivin
Keyword(s):  
Third Ventricle ◽  
Clinical History ◽  
Septum Pellucidum ◽  
Review Of Literature ◽  
Developmental Anatomy ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Transseptal Approach ◽  
Colloid Cysts ◽  
Velum Interpositum ◽  
Neuroepithelial Cysts

✓ The authors present two cases of neuroepithelial (colloid) cysts found above the diencephalic roof, occupying the space between the two fornices and the two leaves of the septum pellucidum, and describe the clinical history, neurological, and neuroradiological findings. Both lesions were removed through a right transventricular-transseptal approach. No other report of such a lesion in this location could be found in the review of literature. The pathogenesis of these cysts, both above and below the diencephalic roof, is discussed in light of the developmental anatomy of the area under consideration. In view of their origin from the neuroepithelium in the diencephalic roof, whether by a process of invagination into the third ventricle or by evagination into the velum interpositum, the so-called colloid cysts are more appropriately termed neuroepithelial cysts.

Computed Tomography and MR Imaging of Thalamic Neuroepithelial Cysts

1987 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 583-585 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuji Numaguchi ◽  
Edward S. Connolly ◽  
Arvind K. Kumra ◽  
Eugenio F. Vargas ◽  
Gregory K. Gum ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Computed Tomography ◽  
Mr Imaging ◽  
Neuroepithelial Cysts

Neuroepithelial cysts of the posterior fossa

1990 ◽  
Vol 72 (2) ◽  
pp. 302-305 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samuel F. Ciricillo ◽  
Richard L. Davis ◽  
Charles B. Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Posterior Fossa ◽  
Facial Weakness ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Neuroepithelial Cyst ◽  
Diagnosis And Management ◽  
Cyst Fenestration ◽  
Fine Print ◽  
Neuroepithelial Cysts

✓ The authors report the case of a patient harboring a posterior fossa neuroepithelial cyst who presented with positional facial weakness and syncope. The patient recovered rapidly after cyst fenestration and placement of an internal cyst-cisternal shunt. The pathogenesis and principles of diagnosis and management of these rare lesions are reviewed.

Sunrise-Related Headache: Case Report

Cephalalgia ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 118-122 ◽  
Author(s):  
UH Ulas ◽  
A Korkmaz ◽  
O Karadas ◽  
Z Odabasi ◽  
RJ Reiter
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Resonance Imaging ◽  
Case Report ◽  
Daily Basis ◽  
Resonance Imaging ◽  
Melatonin Secretion ◽  
Infarct Area ◽  
Lateral Zone ◽  
Patient Reported ◽  
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Mri ◽  
Neuroepithelial Cysts

A male, 34 years of age, suffers from headaches, red and watery eyes. The headaches began in childhood; the frequency of headaches has increased over the years and in the last decade headaches have occurred on a daily basis. If he wakes up before sunrise he feels much better and free of a headache; however, once he continues to sleep during and after sunrise, he suffers from tiredness, headache and nervousness. On magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), benign neuroepithelial cysts or a chronic infarct area was reported at the junction of the left medio-lateral zone of hypothalamus. After repeated MRI examinations, it was decided that the lesion on the left medio-lateral zone of hypothalamus may have disrupted the pineal gland and changed melatonin secretion. It was decided to treat him with 3 mg melatonin daily before going to bed. After a week of treatment, the patient reported that he felt very fresh and was virtually free of headaches.

Supratentorial neuroepithelial cysts

1975 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
pp. 353-357 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucio Palma
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Fine Print ◽  
Neuroepithelial Cysts

✓ Two cases of supratentorial neuroepithelial (ependymal) cysts, one parasagittal and the other located over the parietal convexity, are reported. Comparable reported cases are discussed and a theory of pathogenesis presented.

scholarly journals Treatment of colloid cysts of the third ventricle through neuroendoscopic Nd: YAG laser stereotaxis

2009 ◽  
Vol 67 (4) ◽  
pp. 1082-1087 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fernando Campos Gomes Pinto ◽  
Maria Cristina Chavantes ◽  
Erich Talamoni Fonoff ◽  
Manoel Jacobsen Teixeira
Keyword(s):  
Nd:Yag Laser ◽  
Third Ventricle ◽  
Complete Removal ◽  
Third Nerve Palsy ◽  
The Third ◽  
Image Improvement ◽  
Colloid Cysts ◽  
Guided Puncture ◽  
Cyst Content ◽  
Neuroepithelial Cysts

OBJECTIVE: Colloid cysts (IIIVT CC) are benign neuroepithelial cysts located in the anterior third ventricle. The authors propose the use of Nd:YAG laser stereotactic neuroendoscopic for guided resection of the third ventricle colloid cysts. METHOD: Eleven patients presented third ventricle colloid cysts and were treated by Nd:YAG laser guided with stereotactic endoscopy (n=7) , stereotactic endoscopy (n=3) or stereotactly guided puncture (n=1). The patients were followed prospectively (average 33 months, range 19-64 months). The clinical data, neuroimaging findings, hospitalization stay, outcomes and complications of the method were evaluated. RESULTS: All patients presented headache; six had papilledema, one had gait disturbance and one had third-nerve palsy. Neuroimaging showed hydrocephalus and a IIIVT CC with 14.4-mm mean diameter. After surgery all patients presented clinical and image improvement. Only two patients presented transient morbidities that were easily treated: One had diabetes insipidus that lasted for two days and was treated with a single dose of DDAVP, and another had chemical aseptic meningitis, probably due to the contact of the cyst content with the CSF. This patient was treated with antibiotics and corticosteroids with complete resolution of the problem without sequels. The other patients were discharged from the hospital 48 h after surgery. CONCLUSION: The stereotactic neuroendoscopy-guided procedure with Nd:YAG laser allowed the complete removal of the third ventricle colloid cysts, without definitive morbidities, sequels or recurrence of the lesion.

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