Spontaneous Regression of a Symptomatic Cyst of the Cavum Septi Pellucidi and Vergae

Tomáš Krejčí; Ondřej Krejčí; Radim Lipina

doi:10.1055/a-1747-9816

Journal of Neurological Surgery Part A: Central European Neurosurgery, Table of Contents

J Neurol Surg A Cent Eur Neurosurg 2023; 84(06): 606-609
DOI: 10.1055/a-1747-9816

Case Report

Spontaneous Regression of a Symptomatic Cyst of the Cavum Septi Pellucidi and Vergae

Tomáš Krejčí

¹Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic

²Faculty of Medicine, University of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic

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Ondřej Krejčí

¹Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic

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Radim Lipina

¹Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic

²Faculty of Medicine, University of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic

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Abstract

Spontaneous regression of cysts of the cavum septi pellucidi (CSP) and cavum vergae (CV) is rare and little discussed. The authors present their case report of this phenomenon following a severe headache in a 23-year-old woman, in whom magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) had previously confirmed significant thinning of the left lateral cyst wall. We consider this finding to be a possible predisposing factor to rupture and the spontaneous regression of such cysts. In addition to the mechanism of cyst regression, the interrelated causes of their expansion and formation will be discussed.

Keywords

cavum septum pellucidum - cavum vergae - cyst - endoscopic fenestration - spontaneous regression

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