Convexity leptomeningeal cysts diagnosed by scinticisternography.
The scintigraphic diagnosis of eight convexity leptomeningeal cysts is described; the cysts appear as a local collection of abnormal radioactivity, best seen at 48 hours. The correlation of the scintigraphic findings with clinical, radiological, and operative findings is discussed.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000601:surgery; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D002648:Child; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000150:complications; D003560:Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D003704:Dementia / Q000209:etiology; D004833:Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / Q000209:etiology; D006429:Hemiplegia / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D011011:Pneumoencephalography; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012588:Scintillation Counting; D012640:Seizures / Q000209:etiology