Type 1* | |||
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Subtype | Cyst Characteristics | Communication | Associated Abnormalities |
Type 1a: Presumed communicating hydrocephalus | Isointense to CSF (MR), unilocular | Communication with lateral ventricles only | Macrocephaly, hydrocephalus, Dandy-Walker malformation |
Type 1b: Hydrocephalus secondary to diencephalic anomaly | Isointense to CSF (MR), unilocular | Communication with and obstruction of third ventricle | Macrocephaly, diencephalic malformation (eg, thalamic fusion without subcortical heterotopia) |
Type 1c: Small head size and cerebral hypoplasia | Isointense to CSF (MR), unilocular | Communication with lateral and third ventricles | Microcephaly, cerebral dysplasia or hypoplasia |
Type 2† | |||
Type 2a: No abnormality apart from ACC | Isointense to CSF (MR), multilocular | No communication with lateral or third ventricles | Macrocephaly, hydrocephalus |
Type 2b: Aicardi syndrome | Hyperattenuation (CT), hyperintense (T1W MR), multilocular | No communication with lateral or third ventricles | Female predominance, subependymal heterotopia, polymicrogyria, seizures, hypoplastic falx cerebri, uni- or bilateral ventriculomegaly, developmental delay |
Type 2c: Subcortical heterotopia | Isointense to CSF (MR), multilocular | No communication with lateral or third ventricles | Subcortical heterotopia, developmental delay |
Extension or diverticulation of third or lateral ventricles.
Loculated, lack of communication with ventricular system.