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Heterotopic brain cyst from middle cranial fossa to submandibular region

Child's Nervous System volume 3, pages 297–300 (1987)Cite this article

Abstract

The case of a newborn boy with a congenital cystic neck mass causing respiratory distress is reported. This lesion extended from the submandibular region through a bone defect to the middle cranial fossa but remained totally extradural. There was no underlying brain abnormality. The cyst was composed mainly of mature neuroglial tissue, with some ependymal and choroid plexus elements, and was diagnosed as heterotopic brain. After 8 years' follow-up, the child still has no deficits.

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  1. B. K. Misra

    Present address: Department of Neurosurgery, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute of Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST), Pin-695011, Trivandrum, India

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  1. University Department of Surgical Neurology and Department of Child Life and Health, Edinburgh University, Western General Hospital, Crewe Road, EH4 2XU, Edinburgh, UK

    B. K. Misra & J. F. Shaw

  2. Neuropathology Laboratory, Department of Pathology, Edinburgh University, Western General Hospital, Crewe Road, EH4 2XU, Edinburgh, UK

    A. Gordon

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Misra, B.K., Shaw, J.F. & Gordon, A. Heterotopic brain cyst from middle cranial fossa to submandibular region. Child's Nerv Syst 3, 297–300 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00271828

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Key words

  • Heterotopic brain
  • Neonate
  • Middle fossa
  • Congenital cyst