Authors | Age (yrs)/sex | Symptoms and signs | Radiological findings | Cyst characteristics | Operation | Postoperative outcome |
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Fedi M [3] | 18/F | Rapidly progressing right hemiparesis and urinary incontinence | Three lesions in the left frontal cortex and subcortical white matter, a large meningioma in the foramen magnum, bilateral acoustic and right trigeminal neuromas | Small cysts within the lesions | Resection of meningioma | Died of bilateral brainstem infarction 8 months later |
Wang Y [4] | 12/M | Intractable seizures for 7 years | Cystic lesion in the left frontal lobe | Large cyst within the lesion | Lesionectomy | Seizures controlled with antiepileptic drugs for 10 months |
Kobayashi H [5] | 14/M | Intractable seizures for 3 years | A 2–3 cm mass containing small cysts in the left frontal lobe; the mass was hypointense on T1 images and isointense on T2 images | Small cysts in the periphery of the lesion | Total removal | Seizures controlled with two antiepileptic drugs for 10 months |
Kuchelmeister K [6] | 58/M | Headache, forgetfulness for 10 years | Multiple cysts and a meningioma in the right frontal lobe | Septated large multiple cysts | Total removal | Forgetfulness persisted; no recurrence of the lesion for 2 years after the surgery |
Park MS [7] | 47/F | Headache, generalized seizures for 5 years | Round calcified masses and eccentric cysts with edema in the left frontoparietal and right parietal lobes | Eccentric cysts in the left lesion | Total removal of the left lesion | No seizures or headaches for 15 months after the surgery |
53/M | Headache, generalized seizures for 2 years | Dense round calcified cysts in the left frontal and parietal lobes | Multiple macrocysts within the lesions | Total removal of both frontal and parietal lesions | No seizures or headaches for 7 months after the surgery | |
Author’s case | 21/F | Generalized complex seizures for 11 years | Lesion showing heterogeneous signals in the right temporal lobe | Multiple microcysts within the lesion | Total surgical removal | No seizures for 2 years after the surgery |