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Benign cystic lesions in the central nervous system. Light and electron microscopic observations of cyst walls
- Source :
- Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery. 4(6)
- Publication Year :
- 1988
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Abstract
- A wide variety of benign cystic lesions is known to occur in both adults and children. Recent advances in diagnostic radiology have facilitated meaningful surgical intervention in most instances. It is convenient to classify these cysts into two groups. The first group includes those that arise from defects wholly within the central nervous system. Among these are certain static lesions such as cystic cavities arising from infarcts and other destructive lesions. Some of these are observed to communicate with the subarachnoid space or ventricle. The progressive lesions in this group include arachnoid cysts, ependymal cysts, cystic hemangioblastoma, cystic cerebellar astrocytoma, and certain infectious processes. The second group is constituted by cysts resulting from the intrusion of non-nervous tissue into the neuroaxis, usually in the midline. These are expanding congenital lesions, although some become symptomatic only in the adult. Among these are teratomas, dermoid cysts, epidermoid cysts, craniopharyngiomas, Rathke's cleft cysts, and other epithelial cysts apparently derived from the upper respiratory or the intestinal tract. Colloid cysts of the III ventricle are usually considered to be neuroectodermal in origin, but certain features suggest an endodermal origin.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Pathology
medicine.medical_specialty
Sarcoidosis
Central Nervous System Diseases
Hemangioblastoma
parasitic diseases
Medicine
Humans
Cyst
Cerebellar Neoplasms
Aged
Colloid cyst
Rathke's cleft cyst
business.industry
Cysts
Infant
General Medicine
Anatomy
medicine.disease
Craniopharyngioma
Microscopy, Electron
medicine.anatomical_structure
Child, Preschool
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Cerebellar Astrocytoma
Female
Neurology (clinical)
Teratoma
Subarachnoid space
business
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Hydrocephalus
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 02567040
- Volume :
- 4
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....b9ebf7ae401c902b5a6074c0bb28958f