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Nervous System Disorders

= rare benign thin-walled cyst

Cause: sequestration of developing neuroectoderm during embryogenesis

Histo: thin-walled ependyma-lined cyst containing clear serous fluid

Location: lateral ventricle, juxtaventricular in temporoparietal region + frontal lobe; rare in subarachnoid space, brainstem, cerebellum

Site: along choroid fissure

DDx: choroid plexus cyst (NOT of CSF signal intensity on all sequences, typically bilateral), arachnoid cyst (in arachnoid spaces), neurocysticercosis (hyperintense rim on FLAIR), asymmetric ventricles