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choroid plexus cyst

Thursday 16 November 2006

Localization

- choroid plexus cyst of the third ventricle
- choroid plexus cyst of the lateral ventricles (2234345)

Variants

- transient choroid plexus cyst (3321997)
- isolated choroid plexus cyst

- syndromal choroid plexus cyst

Etiology

- chromosomal anomalies

  • fetal aneuploidy (9678699)
    • constitutional trisomies

See also

- intracranial cystic lesions
-  cysts of the posterior fossa