is a 2cm brain cyst fairly big

[audra30]

i've been having issues since may of 2009. first i had lung pain and lots of mucous, so i went to the doc and was treated for bronchitas. than by july i was still having lung pain and shortness of breath. i also had severe foot and leg pain and stiffness. my eyes starting bugging me and getting really fatigued. my eyes would close anywhere anytime. i had tons of blood taken checking fot arthritis type stuff and i had a x ray on my lungs. it showed tons of gunk in my lower lungs and once again put on antibiotics. all my blood work came back fine.

my eye fatigue started getting much worse to the point of falling asleep while driving and i started a constant forhead headache everyday. 2 months ago i started vaginally spotting everyday till present.

so last week i went in for an exam and she found an enlarged uterus and said hopefully the bleeding would stop soon. she ordered an mri for my head and eye problems. well i got the results yesterday and the nurse only said i had a cyst on my brain and i needed to follow up with the doc.the doc was not going to be in till next week so i got nervous and went and got the report. this is what it said........1ABNORMAL APPEARANCE OF THE TEMPORAL HORN OF THE RIGHT LATERAL VENTRICLE SUGGEST THE PRESENCE OF AN INTRAVENTRICULAR/POSSIBLY A CHOROID PLEXUS CYST MEASURING 2CM BY 1.2CM IN CRANIOCAUDAL AND TRANSVERSE DIMENSIONS. THE CYST APPEARS TO EXERT SLIGHT MASS EFFECT ON THE ADJACENT PARENCHYMA.
2PROMINENCE OF THE ADNOIDS. THE LINGUEL TONSILS ALSO APPEAR TO BE SOMEWHAT PROMINENT ON THE SAGITTAL PROJECTIONS.

what does this mean and is this a small cyst or big cyst and is this whats causing my visual problems or will the doc say thes cyst cannot be causing these kinds of symptoms? any help would be great.

[audra30]

well i have now learned that my cyst is actually 2.5cm and yes the surgeon is not impressed one bit. they made my appointment for jan 18th and i am not going. i am making phone calls to every neurologist until i find one that thinks my symptoms may be related. not only is this a big cyst but the mri showed slight mass effect to the surrounding tissue. i have been having episodes of electric shock severe pain behind my left eye. lasting for 30 sec. its paralyzing while its happening and this is a new problem. i also saw the eye doc and they see no significant change in my vision so thats not the cause for such severe visual disturbance. i want this thing out of my head. plus i had an mri 2 years ago and it was not there so it grew that large in less than 2 years. am i nuts or is this a big cyst. i know they can get bigger yet but most choroid cyst are less than 1cm.

[LivingInHope]

A linking hub had a little blurb on a search "showed the presence of a 7-cm cyst within the antrum of the right lateral ventricle" so I guess choroid plexus cysts could get even bigger.  Looked like that one was obstructive.  Sent you a private message.  May I offer a suggestion? What you might do is call daily to see if any cancellations have come up where you can get a sooner appointment with the surgeon.  I'd mention my symptoms each time you speak to someone new at the office when you try as well.

[testdeprived]

god i hate these surgeons. theyre useless.

[audra30]

i mean i'm worried that they will not remove it and i need to get rid of it if its operable. i cannot drive anymore and i just want my life back. the surgeon has already said that the symptoms have nothing to do with my cyst, so i'm worried he will refuse to operate. they did say that its pushing on surrounding tissue to i would have thought they would help me but now i'm worried.

[audra30]

thanks for the info. do u have any idea what this might mean or if this is small or big. i'm really nervous. i don't see the neurosurgeon for 2 weeks yet and they said thats pretty quick.

[LivingInHope]

I believe Audra was describing not a pituitary macroadenoma, but from a little research online and her typed up report, a cyst possibly inside one of the two largest ventricles in the brain (the right one) or on the choroid plexus, which is pia matter that is a fringe like process projecting into the ventricular cavity from a site I saw online.  

On another site, I see that the choroid plexus forms spinal fluid, which flows through the ventricles and that there are four connected ventricles or cavities in the brain.  It says the temporal lobe is involved in understanding sounds, the spoken word, as well as memory and emotion. And the area described in Audra's report I believe is at the right temporal lobe- that lobe of the head where your temple is located.