Manual of pathological anatomy . s and Epithelial Changes.—Cysts of the choroid plexus aremore frequently mentioned by authors on account of their beingvisible to the naked eye ; they are minute, transparent vesicles, vary-ing in size from a poppy seed to a small pea ; and we generally meetwith them in brains in which we also find evidence of inflammationof the lining membrane of the ventricles. They sometimes containa milky fluid, and may present incrustations of a sabulous have been erroneously regarded as hydatids, but there is noevidence of their belonging to this class of p
Manual of pathological anatomy . s and Epithelial Changes.—Cysts of the choroid plexus aremore frequently mentioned by authors on account of their beingvisible to the naked eye ; they are minute, transparent vesicles, vary-ing in size from a poppy seed to a small pea ; and we generally meetwith them in brains in which we also find evidence of inflammationof the lining membrane of the ventricles. They sometimes containa milky fluid, and may present incrustations of a sabulous have been erroneously regarded as hydatids, but there is noevidence of their belonging to this class of parasitic formations ; theywould rather seem to arise from multiplication of cells, whichundergo a colloid degeneration and ultimately liquefy, so as toform a cyst. An hypertrophy of the epithelium, which coversthe choroideal vessels, is very commonly observed in advanced 252 CHOROID PLEXUS. age—thoTigli -we have not been able, as yet, to trace any definiterelation between this condition and certain forms of disease. Fig.
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