Brain function - not size - is important

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Ozlem Taskapilioglu, M. Ozgur Taskapilioglu, Bahattin Hakyemez, Ahmet Bekar
  • Ozlem Taskapilioglu (Author) Department of Neurology, Uludag University School of Medicine, Bursa
  • M. Ozgur Taskapilioglu (Author) Department of Neurosurgery, Uludag University School of Medicine, Bursa
  • Bahattin Hakyemez (Author) Department of Radiology, Uludag University School of Medicine, Bursa
  • Ahmet Bekar (Author) Department of Neurosurgery, Uludag University School of Medicine, Bursa
https://doi.org/10.18621/eurj.295991
Some incidental findings on cranial imaging may render every one speechless. Brain plasticity in childhood and slow expansion of arachnoid cyst may be possible explanations of the discordance between the clinical and radiological findings. Here, we presented an asymptomatic, incidentally detected arachnoid cyst accompanied by compression of most parts of brain, displacing the motor cortex to the occipital parts of the existing brain tissue. The case was discussed in the light of the rare patients in the literature.
plasticity, arachnoid cyst, brain function

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  • Article Type Case Report
  • Submitted February 21, 2026
  • Published November 3, 2017
  • Issue Vol. 3 No. 3 (2017)
  • Section Case Report
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