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Morphological Basis for Fluid Transport Through and Around Ependymal, Arachnoidal, and Glial Cells

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Intracranial Cyst Lesions

Part of the book series: Principles of Pediatric Neurosurgery ((PRINCPEDIATR))

Abstract

Cerebrospinal fluid in man is produced by the choroid plexus in the ventricular system at the rate of 500 ml a day; the total cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is some 150 ml.1 Approximately 20% of the CSF is in the ventricles, but the majority is in the subarachnoid space over the surface of the brain and the spinal cord. There is also interstitial fluid within the extracellular spaces of the gray and white matter of the brain and spinal cord. Such extracellular fluid may be greatly increased in amount when there is cytotoxic and vasogenic cerebral edema associated with trauma, infection, or infarction of the brain or around a tumor.1–3 Extracellular fluid may also be increased in the periventricular white matter in acute hydrocephalus due to the insudation of CSF from the ventricles.4

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  1. University of Rome “La Sapienza”, 30 Viale dell’Università, Rome, Italy

    Anthony J. Raimondi M.D.

  2. Hôpital des Enfantes de la Timone, Rue Sainte Pierre, 13005, Marseille, France

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  3. Istituto di Neurochirurgia, Università Cattolica del Sacre Cuore, Largo Gemelli 8, 00168, Rome, Italy

    Concezio Di Rocco M.D.

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Kida, S., Weller, R.O. (1993). Morphological Basis for Fluid Transport Through and Around Ependymal, Arachnoidal, and Glial Cells. In: Raimondi, A.J., Choux, M., Di Rocco, C. (eds) Intracranial Cyst Lesions. Principles of Pediatric Neurosurgery. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-7281-7_3

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