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Simple intraparenchymal cyst of the cerebellum

Simple intraparenchymal cyst of the cerebellum

 

Jawad Laaguili1,&, Brahim El Mostarchid1

 

1Department of Neurosurgery, Mohamed V Military Teaching Hospital, Rabat, Morocco

 

 

&Corresponding author
Jawad Laaguili, Department of Neurosurgery, Mohamed V Military Teaching Hospital, Rabat, Morocco

 

 

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We present a magnetic resonance imaging of a 38 old woman, admitted with clinical symptoms of expansive cerebellar lesion. No mural nodule and no enhancement after gadolinium injection were noted. She was operated upon and an anatomico-pathological diagnosis of a simple cyst was made. Cysts of the posterior fossa are common in the literature, but the simple cyst is rare. Considered in the differential diagnosis of these cysts: (hemangioblastoma, astrocytoma cystic, hydatid cyst ...). The postoperative course was uneventful after surgery.

Figure 1: brain MRI, T2-weighted axial sequence. High intensity signal. Simple cyst compressing the cerebellar vermis and fourth ventricle