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A cystic lesion within the dural sinuses: a rare cause of increased intracranial pressure

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We present a rare cause of intracranial hypertension in a 19-year-old woman. The torcular was obstructed by a cystic developmental lesion, thought preoperatively to be an epidermoid. The patient also had a second lesion of possibly developmental origin, a cerebral cavernous haemangioma.

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  1. Department of Neuroradiology, Technical University, Pauwelsstrasse 30, D-52057 Aachen, Germany, , , , , , DE

    W. Küker, M. Mull & A. Thron

  2. Department of Neurosurgery, Technical University, D-52057 Aachen, Germany, , , , , , DE

    L. Mayfrank

  3. Department of Neuropathology, Technical University, D-52057 Aachen, Germany, , , , , , DE

    J. Weis

  4. Department of Neurology, Technical University, D-52057 Aachen, Germany, , , , , , DE

    J. Schiefer

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Received: 14 November 1995 Accepted: 27 March 1996

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Küker, W., Mull, M., Mayfrank, L. et al. A cystic lesion within the dural sinuses: a rare cause of increased intracranial pressure. Neuroradiology 39, 132–135 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002340050380

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