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Arachnoid Cyst

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  • Balakrishna Valluru, M.B., B.S.,
  • and Ray Raj, M.B., Ch.B.

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A 22-year-old man presented after a motor vehicle collision in which his head struck the windshield of a bus. A CT scan showed an incidental finding of grossly dilated occipital and temporal horns of the right lateral ventricle. MRI confirmed the presence of a large cystic lesion.


Balakrishna Valluru, M.B., B.S.
Ray Raj, M.B., Ch.B.
Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom

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