Intraventricular simple cyst

Case contributed by Bahman Rasuli
Diagnosis almost certain

Presentation

Severe headaches

Patient Data

Age: 45 years
Gender: Female
mri

There is a 40 x 45 x 80 mm intraventricular thin-walled cystic lesion within the right lateral ventricle expanding the right lateral ventricle including its trigone, occipital, and temporal horns with pressure effect upon the left lateral ventricle and midline shift of the interventricular septum.

The cystic lesion displays CSF signal intensity on all sequences.

No solid component.

Case Discussion

The MRI features are compatible with a simple intraventricular cyst. The etiologies can be an intraventricular arachnoid cyst, choroid plexus cyst or ependymal cyst.

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