Meanings of arachnoid cyst in English

A patient with a large, long-standing posterior fossa arachnoid cyst was evaluated.

CT showed a right-sided middle cranial fossa arachnoid cyst in each patient.

We tentatively diagnosed the condition as normopressure hydrocephalus with a large supratentorial arachnoid cyst.

A case of extradural haematoma as the presenting feature of an arachnoid cyst is described.

In both children the late postoperative period was complicated by peripheral facial nerve palsies contralateral to the arachnoid cyst.

Forty one cases of arachnoid cyst are reviewed that were treated at the Adelaide Children's Hospital and the Royal Adelaide Hospital.

We here report a patient with an extensive middle and posterior fossa arachnoid cyst presenting with parkinsonism that was treated by neurosurgical intervention.

The authors report with a review of literature a case of an adult with helmetlike skull deformity resulting from a large supratentorial arachnoid cyst.

Preoperative diagnosis of neurenteric cysts can be difficult because the imaging findings of a neurenteric cyst may be similar to those of an arachnoid cyst.

Conclusion: We report on a rare case of recurrent symptomatic hemiparkinsonism resulting from arachnoid cysts.

A possible pathogenetic mechanism is proposed and the treatment of asymptomatic arachnoid cysts is discussed.

The majority of arachnoid cysts remain stable and asymptomatic and do not require intervention in the pediatric population.

Background: It is not difficult to find localized skull ballooning or macrocrania in patients with intracranial arachnoid cysts.

Objective: This study aims to investigate whether intracranial arachnoid cysts (AC) compromise neurocognitive function and psychological profiles in pediatric patients, depending on various clinical factors.