Familial Colloid Cyst of the Third Ventricle in Monozygotic Twins
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Familial Colloid Cyst of the Third Ventricle in Monozygotic Twins
J Neurol Stroke 2017, 6(6): 00219 mm versus 8 mm), 3) ventricular dilation (83% versus 31%),and 4) increased signal on T2-weighted magnetic resonance images (44% versus 8%) [1]. More than half of cases were discovered incidentally. In five patients with incidental cysts (8.8%) an enlargement of the cyst was documented and a surgical procedure was done. Nearly half of symptomatic patients presen...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Neurology & Stroke
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2373-6410
DOI: 10.15406/jnsk.2017.06.00219