Leptomeningeal cyst

Case contributed by Sepehr Haghighi
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

The patient presented with retractable seizures after previous head trauma.

Patient Data

Age: 11 months
Gender: Female
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There is a calvarial defect of the left occipital bone with mild brain tissue herniation via the defect.

Hypodensity of white matter adjacent to the left lateral ventricle with ipsilateral occipital horn dilation is notable.

Dilation of the supracerebellar cistern is also detected.

Case Discussion

The features of a growing fracture are 1,2:

  • extracranial brain herniation

  • hydrocephalus

  • unilateral ventricular dilatation

  • porencephalic cyst

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