A rare case of intracranial metastatic amelanotic melanoma with cyst is presented. The patient was a 51 year old woman with a malignant melanoma arising on her right chest. Two years after a wide excision, skin and brain metastasis occurred. Brain magnetic resonance images demonstrated a tumour with a cyst in the left occipital lobe. Because the tumour showed low intensity on T1 weighted images...

A rare case of intracranial metastatic amelanotic melanoma with cyst is presented. The patient was a 51 year old woman with a malignant melanoma arising on her right chest. Two years after a wide excision, skin and brain metastasis occurred. Brain magnetic resonance images demonstrated a tumour with a cyst in the left occipital lobe. Because the tumour showed low intensity on T1 weighted images...

Arachnoid cyst is a benign, congenital space-occupying brain lesion, which has been found in patients with schizophrenia. The association between arachnoid cyst and schizophrenia remains controversial, but the location of the arachnoid cyst may give rise to a specific symptom presentation in schizophrenia. We present a 31-year-old woman with an established diagnosis of schizophrenia coexisting ...

a hydatid cyst is a zoonotic infection caused by the larval forms of mostly the echinococcus granulosus. in humans, the most common site of cyst development is the liver (60%), followed by the lungs (20%), and much less commonly in other organs such as kidney, spleen, brain, and other soft tissues. the localization of cysts in muscles and subcutaneous is very rare. we report a case of 38-year-o...

Hydatid cyst is a parasitic disease endemic in different regions of the world. Cardiac localization represents only 0.5 to 2% all attacks, characterized by clinical, paraclinical and especially radiological polymorphism. Its spontaneous development serious because risk endocavity rupture. The diagnosis facilitated means non-invasive imaging, particular echocardiography, thoracic computed tomogr...

Objective(s):There are supportive evidences about the possible role of latent Toxoplasma. gondii infections on the behavior and neurologic functions, such as increased dopamine levels in the brain. The aim of this study was to examine anti-toxoplasma activity of aripiprazole that is an atypical anti-psychotic drug in mice. Materials and Methods: Mice were randomly divided into four groups, inc...

PURPOSE The aim of the study was to evaluate adverse events related to the use of anesthesia and anesthetic procedures associated with interventional radiology. MATERIALS AND METHODS We retrospectively evaluated 124 interventional radiological procedures performed with anesthesia within a one-year period. Patients were separated into four groups according to the duration of procedure, the typ...

A recent study describing two epileptic patients with brain cysts has suggested that elevated concentrations of excitatory amino acids in cysts may play a role in induction and maintenance of epileptogenesis [Epilepsy Res. 28 (1997) 245]. Here, we report that only in 3 out of 22 patients with brain cysts undergoing brain surgery cyst fluids displayed highly increased amounts of the excitatory a...

To cite: Naik VD, Thakore NR. BMJ Case Reports Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2012006943 SUMMARY Rathke’s cleft cyst is a benign growth found on the pituitary gland in the brain, specifically a fluid-filled cyst in the posterior portion of the anterior pituitary gland. It occurs when the Rathke’s pouch does not develop properly, and ranges in size from 2 to 40...