Arachnoid cyst of the middle cranial fossa: report of bilateral cysts in siblings.
Primary intracranial arachnoid cysts are not too infrequent, but cases involving a familial occurrence of arachnoid cysts or bilateral symmetrical cysts in one patient have rarely been reported. We report bilateral arachnoid cysts of the middle cranial fossa in siblings.
D001099:Arachnoid / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000235:genetics*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003560:Cysts / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000235:genetics*; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D013100:Sphenoid Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013701:Temporal Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed