A cystic lesion within the dural sinuses: a rare cause of increased intracranial pressure.
We present a rare cause of intracranial hypertension in a 19-year-old woman. The torcular was obstructed by a cystic developmental lesion, thought preoperatively to be an epidermoid. The patient also had a second lesion of possibly developmental origin, a cerebral cavernous haemangioma.
Küker
W
W
Department of Neuroradiology, Technical University, Aachen, Germany.
Mull
M
M
Mayfrank
L
L
Weis
J
J
Schiefer
J
J
Thron
A
A
D000328:Adult; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D015170:Cerebrospinal Fluid Pressure / Q000502:physiology; D003392:Cranial Sinuses / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003560:Cysts / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D004388:Dura Mater / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006392:Hemangioma, Cavernous / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009778:Occipital Lobe / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D011559:Pseudotumor Cerebri / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed