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Published online 20 July 2007 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news070716-15
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The man with a hole in his brain
Scans reveal a fluid-filled cavity in the brain of a normal man.
Three years ago, a 44-year-old man was admitted to hospital in Marseille, France, complaining of weakness in his left leg. He had no idea what doctors would find to be the source of the problem: a huge pocket of fluid where most of his brain ought to be.
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