Spontaneous Regression of a Symptomatic Cyst of the Cavum Septi Pellucidi and Vergae

Krejčí, Tomáš
Krejčí, Ondřej
Lipina, Radim

¹Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic
² Faculty of Medicine, University of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic

Address for correspondence Radim Lipina, MD, PhD, Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Ostrava and Faculty of Medicine, 17. Listopadu 1790/5, 70852, Ostrava, Czech Republic

(e-mail: [email protected]).

received

August 28, 2021

accepted

January 19, 2022

accepted manuscript online

January 21, 2022

article published online

June 27, 2022

Georg Thieme Verlag KG, Rüdigerstraße 14, 70469 Stuttgart, Germany

Journal of Neurological Surgery : Central European Neurosurgery 84(6):p 606-609, November 2023. | DOI: 10.1055/a-1747-9816

Abstract

Spontaneous regression of cysts of the cavum septi pellucidi (CSP) and cavum vergae (CV) is rare and little discussed. The authors present their case report of this phenomenon following a severe headache in a 23-year-old woman, in whom magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) had previously confirmed significant thinning of the left lateral cyst wall. We consider this finding to be a possible predisposing factor to rupture and the spontaneous regression of such cysts. In addition to the mechanism of cyst regression, the interrelated causes of their expansion and formation will be discussed.