Benign pineal cyst lined with normal choroid plexus mimicking tumour in a young girl with exotropia

BMJ Case Rep. 2016 Jan 25:2016:bcr2015214170. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2015-214170.

Authors

Yuanfan Yang¹, Michael L Levy², John Ross Crawford³

Affiliations

¹ Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Dongcheng-Qū, Beijing, China.
² Department of Neurosurgery, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, USA.
³ Department of Neurosciences and Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, USA.

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Central Nervous System Cysts / pathology
Central Nervous System Cysts / surgery
Child, Preschool
Choroid Plexus / pathology*
Choroid Plexus Neoplasms / pathology*
Choroid Plexus Neoplasms / surgery
Cysts / diagnostic imaging
Cysts / pathology*
Cysts / surgery
Diagnosis, Differential
Exotropia / diagnosis*
Exotropia / etiology
Female
Humans
Incidental Findings
Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods
Pineal Gland / diagnostic imaging
Pineal Gland / pathology*
Pineal Gland / surgery