Embryologic Association of Tornwaldt's Cyst with Cerebral Artery Abnormalities and Infarction: A Case Report
Background and Purpose. Tornwaldt's cysts are rare nasopharyngeal lesions that develop from remnants of the embryonic notochord. Summary of Case. We reported a twelve-year-old female stroke patient with Tornwaldt's cysts, whose father also suffered a stroke at age fifty two with the presen...
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| author | Michael F. Osborn Benjamin K. Buchanan Nassim Akle Ahmed Badr Jun Zhang |
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| description | Background and Purpose. Tornwaldt's cysts are rare nasopharyngeal lesions that develop from remnants of the embryonic notochord. Summary of Case. We reported a twelve-year-old female stroke patient with Tornwaldt's cysts, whose father also suffered a stroke at age fifty two with the presence of an abdominal aortic aneurysm, suggesting a genetic influence in this case. Conclusions. This paper suggests an etiologic connection between Tornwaldt's cysts and cerebral vasculature abnormalities by way of notochordal dysfunction during development, likely the result of perturbation of notochord-derived molecular cues during development or biogenesis. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-174a3e041c874179a57afda1dc16cf2d2025-02-03T05:51:38ZengWileyCase Reports in Pediatrics2090-68032090-68112012-01-01201210.1155/2012/129503129503Embryologic Association of Tornwaldt's Cyst with Cerebral Artery Abnormalities and Infarction: A Case ReportMichael F. Osborn0Benjamin K. Buchanan1Nassim Akle2Ahmed Badr3Jun Zhang4COE in Neurosciences and Departments of Anesthesiology and Biomedical Sciences, Texas Tech University Health Science Center, El Paso, TX 79905, USACOE in Neurosciences and Departments of Anesthesiology and Biomedical Sciences, Texas Tech University Health Science Center, El Paso, TX 79905, USADepartment of Radiology, Texas Tech University Health Science Center, El Paso, TX 79905, USACOE in Neurosciences and Departments of Anesthesiology and Biomedical Sciences, Texas Tech University Health Science Center, El Paso, TX 79905, USACOE in Neurosciences and Departments of Anesthesiology and Biomedical Sciences, Texas Tech University Health Science Center, El Paso, TX 79905, USABackground and Purpose. Tornwaldt's cysts are rare nasopharyngeal lesions that develop from remnants of the embryonic notochord. Summary of Case. We reported a twelve-year-old female stroke patient with Tornwaldt's cysts, whose father also suffered a stroke at age fifty two with the presence of an abdominal aortic aneurysm, suggesting a genetic influence in this case. Conclusions. This paper suggests an etiologic connection between Tornwaldt's cysts and cerebral vasculature abnormalities by way of notochordal dysfunction during development, likely the result of perturbation of notochord-derived molecular cues during development or biogenesis.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/129503 |
| spellingShingle | Michael F. Osborn Benjamin K. Buchanan Nassim Akle Ahmed Badr Jun Zhang Embryologic Association of Tornwaldt's Cyst with Cerebral Artery Abnormalities and Infarction: A Case Report Case Reports in Pediatrics |
| title | Embryologic Association of Tornwaldt's Cyst with Cerebral Artery Abnormalities and Infarction: A Case Report |
| title_full | Embryologic Association of Tornwaldt's Cyst with Cerebral Artery Abnormalities and Infarction: A Case Report |
| title_fullStr | Embryologic Association of Tornwaldt's Cyst with Cerebral Artery Abnormalities and Infarction: A Case Report |
| title_full_unstemmed | Embryologic Association of Tornwaldt's Cyst with Cerebral Artery Abnormalities and Infarction: A Case Report |
| title_short | Embryologic Association of Tornwaldt's Cyst with Cerebral Artery Abnormalities and Infarction: A Case Report |
| title_sort | embryologic association of tornwaldt s cyst with cerebral artery abnormalities and infarction a case report |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/129503 |
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