Indeed, babies with porencephalic cysts are usually diagnosed by their first birthday, according to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke; some do not live past age 20.

A porencephalic cyst is a cavity within the cerebral hemisphere, filled with cerebrospinal fluid that communicates directly with the ventricular system. 1, 4 These are usually associated with ...

ENCEPHALOGRAPHY with radioiodinated serum albumin (RISA) provides a new and useful tool for the clinical evaluation of cerebrospinal-fluid dynamics. Di Chiro1 demonstrated that the flow of intrathe ...

(c) Porencephalic cysts are visible at 32 weeks. ( d ) First cervical vertebral dysraphism with dura mater bulging (arrow). ( e ) Coronal face view shows upper oblique palpebral fissure.