title: How quickly does a meningeal cyst increase in size?
abstract: Preoperative imaging of a 45-year-old woman disclosed a large (32 cc) meningeal cyst of the thoracic spine. A chest radiograph performed about four and a half years earlier exhibited a minute widening of the mediastinum in the same place, presumably representing the lesion in its nascent state. It is concluded that a meningeal cyst with a linear tendency to grow enlarges by about 6 cc per year.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Radiology, Red Cross Hospital Westend, Berlin, Germany. radiologie@drk-kliniken-westend.de
authors.forename: W A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Golder
mesh_terms: D020863:Central Nervous System Cysts / Q000473:pathology*; D018450:Disease Progression; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008578:Meninges; D008875:Middle Aged; D013997:Time Factors