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Abstract
Most ependymal cysts occur intracerebrally, with a few cases situated in the subarachnoid
space. The cerebellopontine angle is a common site for arachnoid cysts, but a very
rare site for ependymal cysts. A case is described here of a large ependymal cyst
in the cerebellopontine angle. A 12-year-old girl with left hearing disturbance was
admitted. CT and MRI revealed a cystic tumor in the left cerebellopontine angle. At
operation, we obtained a discrete thin-walled cyst which had arisen from a continuation
of the choroid plexus of the lateral foramen of Luschka, which had no connection with
the arachnoid. The cyst proved to be an ependymal cyst.
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Publication history
Accepted:
February 20,
1994
Received:
December 7,
1993
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© 1994 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved. Published by Elsevier Inc.
