Association of a fetal quadrigeminal cyst with a possibly congenital thalamic astrocytoma.
METHODS
This article reports on the exceptional association of a fetal quadrigeminal malformative cyst with a possibly congenital pilocytic astrocytoma of the pulvinar. Both the cyst and the tumor required treatment due to their postnatal growth.


CONCLUSIONS
Treatment modalities and difficulties are emphasized, as well as the difficulties of prenatal counseling.
Department of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Groupe Hospitalier Necker-Enfants Malades, Paris, France.
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Kondageski
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Pierre-Kahn
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Carbonne
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Brunelle
D000328:Adult; D001254:Astrocytoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D002535:Cerebral Aqueduct / Q000473:pathology*; D003560:Cysts; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D005333:Fetus; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D011247:Pregnancy; D020649:Pulvinar / Q000473:pathology*