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Case Reports
. 2017 Feb 21;189(7):E280.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.160423.

Arachnoid Cysts And Adult Onset Epilepsy

Trisha Mackle  1 , Daryl Wile  2
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Case Reports

Arachnoid Cysts And Adult Onset Epilepsy

Trisha Mackle et al. CMAJ. .
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Figure 1:
Figure 1:
Computed tomography of the head of a 72-year-old woman with adult onset epilepsy. Coronal (A) and axial (B) views showing a large arachnoid cyst in the right hemisphere, with typical findings (i.e., fluid collection isodense to cerebrospinal fluid, thinning of the bony calvarium, absence of septations and lack of communication with the ventricular system). There is no appreciable sulcal effacement or midline shift secondary to the large arachnoid cyst.
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