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A communicating cyst with early filling and early clearance of a radioopaque tracer was found in seven of nine cases; a communicating cyst with delayed filling and delayed clearance of the tracer was observed in one case; and a noncommunicating cyst was observed in the other. The MR findings indicated a variation in the position of the basilar artery (BA) bifurcation in relation to the ventral surface of the midbrain. A distance existed between the BA bifurcation and the ventral surface of the midbrain in a communicating cyst with early filling, whereas the BA bifurcation was posteriorly displaced in a communicating cyst with delayed filling and also in a noncommunicating cyst, leaving little space between the bifurcation and the ventral surface of the midbrain. Endoscopic observation revealed, in the case of communicating cysts with early filling and early clearance of tracer, that the BA bifurcation is located inside the cyst with no overlying membrane, whereas in a noncommunicating cyst, the BA and its branches can be observed through the transparent membrane of the lesion.<\/jats:p><jats:p content-type=\"fine-print\"><jats:italic>Conclusions.<\/jats:italic> The authors postulate two different types of suprasellar arachnoid cysts: a noncommunicating intraarachnoid cyst of the diencephalic membrane of Liliequist and a communicating cyst that is a cystic dilation of the interpeduncular cistern.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3171\/jns.2000.93.1.0062","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2009,5,13]],"date-time":"2009-05-13T17:27:38Z","timestamp":1242235658000},"page":"62-67","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":78,"title":["Possible origin of suprasellar arachnoid cysts: neuroimaging and neurosurgical observations in nine cases"],"prefix":"10.3171","volume":"93","author":[{"given":"Masakazu","family":"Miyajima","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hajime","family":"Arai","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Osamu","family":"Okuda","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Makoto","family":"Hishii","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hajime","family":"Nakanishi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Kiyoshi","family":"Sato","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1754","reference":[{"key":"b1","series-title":"J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1066","DOI":"10.1136\/jnnp.47.10.1066","article-title":"A suprasellar subarachnoid pouch: aetiological considerations.","volume":"47","author":"Binitie","year":"1984"},{"key":"b2","series-title":"Acta Neurochir","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"68","DOI":"10.1007\/BF01541784","article-title":"Endoscopic treatment of suprasellar arachnoid cysts.","volume":"119","author":"Caemaert","year":"1992"},{"key":"b3","series-title":"Pediatr Neurosurg","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"260","DOI":"10.1159\/000028733","article-title":"Pathogenesis of arachnoid cyst: congenital or traumatic?","volume":"29","author":"Choi","year":"1998"},{"key":"b4","series-title":"J Neurosurg","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"696","DOI":"10.3171\/jns.1996.84.4.0696","article-title":"Percutaneous endoscopic treatment of suprasellar arachnoid cysts: ventriculocystostomy or ventriculocystocisternostomy? 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