Temporal choroidal fissure cyst: a rare cause of temporal lobe epilepsy

Pan Afr Med J. 2020 Jun 23:36:120. doi: 10.11604/pamj.2020.36.120.21327. eCollection 2020.

Abstract

Only a few cases of temporal choroidal fissure cyst are reported. We describe a new case of an 8 years old girl who manifested complex partial seizure. The diagnosis was made by magnetic resonance imagining (MRI). The signal intensity of the cyst was identical to the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), and the underlying hippocampus was compressed by the cyst. The seizures were medically controlled. The value of MRI in the diagnosis and medical treatment will be discussed.

Keywords: Choroidal fissure cyst; epilepsy; seizures.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Choroid Plexus / diagnostic imaging*
  • Choroid Plexus / pathology
  • Cysts / complications*
  • Cysts / diagnostic imaging
  • Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / diagnosis
  • Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / etiology*
  • Female
  • Hippocampus / diagnostic imaging
  • Hippocampus / pathology
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Temporal Lobe / diagnostic imaging
  • Temporal Lobe / pathology