Intraventricular cyst

Case contributed by Naqibullah Foladi
Diagnosis almost certain

Presentation

Headache, epilepsy and dizziness for 5 years

Patient Data

Age: 20 years
Gender: Male
mri

Thin-walled cystic lesion lodged in the right lateral ventricle, expanding the right lateral ventricle including its temporal horn. The cyst is returning CSF signal characteristics on all MR sequences including FLAIR and DWI. No solid component. Effacement of the left lateral ventricle.

Case Discussion

The features are compatible with an intraventricular cyst. The differentials can be an intraventricular arachnoid cyst, choroid plexus cyst or ependymal cyst.

 

This case is contributed by Dr. Naqibullah Foladi, and Dr. Najibullah Rasouly.

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