✓ A case of ectopia lentis (Marfan syndrome) with a cerebral subarachnoid cyst, a spinal extradural cyst connected to a lateral intrathoracic meningocele, and perineural cysts is presented. The association of these leptomeningeal cysts in this genetic disorder of connective tissue suggests a common pathogenesis.
Book Reviews PRINCIPLES OF NEURAL DEVELOPMENT. 1985. By Dale Purves and Jeff W. Lichtman. Published by Sinauer Associates Inc. 433 pages. At first glance, one might ask: What is the relevance of a book such as this for a journal whose readership is primarily clinical? Of course, one could always resort to the legitimate argument that clinical neurologists and neurosurgeons should keep abreast with fundamental knowledge in developmental neurobiology and the other basic neurosciences. But there are even more compelling reasons for recommending this book to the readers of the Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences. "Principles of Neural Development" is entertaining as well as informative. It can be studied as a textbook or perused for the "boxed" vignettes that include brief biographies, topics of controversy-both old and new, and descriptions of some of the classic experiments of developmental neurobiology.
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