ReviewSurgical neurology international2014
Blake's pouch cyst.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 37 citations in OpenAlex.
- From gene to geometry: the molecular morphogenesis of the fourth ventricle angle and its role in predicting brainstem dysfunction among Chiari I malformation patients.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2026Pooled it
- Mild Ventriculomegaly, Ventricular Asymmetry, and Posterior Fossa Variants: A Narrative Review of Borderline Fetal Brain Findings.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- The fetal taenia-tela choroidea complex: a radiologic-pathologic correlation from normal anatomy to Dandy-Walker malformation.Pediatric radiology · 2026Article
- Enterogenous cyst at the cerebellopontine angle in an adult: the diagnostic challenge in a rare case report.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2026Article
- Blake Pouch: It Is Time to Revisit Classical Descriptions on the Development of the Roof of the Fourth Ventricle.Advances and technical standards in neurosurgery · 2025Review
- Syringomyelia Associated with Magendie's Foramen Obstruction Due to Probably Congenital Gliomesenchymal Anomaly.NMC case report journal · 2025Article
- A radiological finding suggesting Blake's pouch cyst: A rare pediatric anomaly associated with hydrocephalus - A case report.Surgical neurology international · 2025Article
- Radiological characteristics of the posterior fossa of the fetal skull and presentation of a rare case of antenatal screening for Dandy-Walker malformation using antenatal fetal ultrasound and MRI.International journal of surgery case reports · 2024Article
- The debated neuroanatomy of the fourth ventricle.Journal of anatomy · 2023Review
- 16p11.2 Microduplication Syndrome with Increased Fluid in the Cisterna: Coincidence or Phenotype Extension?Genes · 2023Review
- Diagnostic Approach to Cerebellar Hypoplasia.Cerebellum (London, England) · 2021Review
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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundIn 1900, Joseph Blake described a transient posterior evagination of the tela choroidea of the fourth ventricle in the normal 130-day old human embryo. He was the first to recognize and fully elucidate on the real nature of the foramen of Magendie as an aperture, which develops within a saccular expansion of the embryonic fourth ventricular cavity. The persistence of this temporary fourth ventricular outpouching into the postnatal period and its significance either as separate entity or as an entity within the Dandy-Walker continuum has over the years been one of the most controversial topics in both neurosurgical and neuroradiological literature.
methodsA search of the medical literature was conducted for publications addressing the historical, embryological, and neuororadiological features as well as the clinical presentation and management of persistent Blake's pouch.
resultsThe literature on the various features of Blake's pouch cyst has limited areas of consensus between various authors.
conclusionBlake's pouch cyst is a rare entity that is thought to belong to the Dandy-Walker continuum. It has a variable clinical presentation and when symptomatic can be treated with an endoscopic third ventriculostomy or shunting.
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