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Case Reports
. 2011 Jul 28:2011:bcr0620114348.
doi: 10.1136/bcr.06.2011.4348.

Arachnoid cysts: are they always incidental?

Sushil Beri  1 , Arif Khan, Jayaprakash Gosalakkal, Arani V Sridhar
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Case Reports

Arachnoid cysts: are they always incidental?

Sushil Beri et al. BMJ Case Rep. .
No abstract available

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Competing interests None.

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Figure 1
Figure 1
T1 weighted coronal view of MRI brain showing large, bilateral, extra-axial arachnoid cysts overlying both cerebral hemispheres, extending into the middle cranial fossa and compressing on the adjacent cerebral hemispheres. There is associated mild scalloping of the overlying calvarium.
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