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Arachnoid cysts in a brother and sister
W G Wilson1, K A Deponte, J McIlhenny
1Department of Pediatrics, University of Virginia Medical Center, Charlottesville.
Journal of Medical Genetics
|October 1, 1988
Abstract:
We describe a brother and sister with microcephaly and mental retardation who were shown by cranial CT scan to have almost identical unilateral arachnoid cysts. The occurrence in sibs suggests the possibility of a genetic basis for at least some cases of arachnoid cysts.