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Intracerebral arachnoidal cyst containing choroid plexus

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A case of an intracerebral “primary” arachnoidal cyst of the left frontoparietal region is reported. No communication with the ventricular system or with subarachnoidal space was found at the first surgical procedure. It contained genuine choroid plexus and clinically behaved as an expansive intracranial mass.

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  1. J. R. Iglesias

    Present address: Section of Neuropathology and Department of Neurosurgery “Sixto Obrador”, Centro Especial Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain

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  1. Section of Neuropathology and Department of Neurosurgery “Sixto Obrador”, Centro Especial Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain

    L. Sanjuanbenito, J. Martinez-Cubells, M. Lousa & C. Redondo

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Iglesias, J.R., Sanjuanbenito, L., Martinez-Cubells, J. et al. Intracerebral arachnoidal cyst containing choroid plexus. Acta neurochir 58, 229–234 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01407129

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