Huge arachnoid cyst of the occipital cerebral convexity |
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Authors: | Tucker Adam Miyake Hiroji Omura Takehisa Tsuji Masao Ukita Tohru Nishihara Kentaro Oi Shizuo |
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Institution: | Department of Neurosurgery, Nishinomiya Kyoritsu Neurosurgical Hospital, 12-1 Imazuyamanaka-cho, Nishinomiya, Hyogo 663-8211, Japan. tucker@nk-hospital.or.jp |
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Abstract: | A 68-year-old woman presented with a rare huge right occipital cystic lesion manifesting as progressive left hemiplegia. Cranial computed tomography revealed a 4 x 7 cm right occipital lobe thin-walled cyst with midline shift and compression of the ipsilateral ventricle. The patient underwent a single burr hole operation for cystography and delineation of the cyst anatomy, then a separate right parieto-occipital craniotomy with complete cyst evacuation, corticotomy, and ventriculostomy. The presumptive diagnosis was arachnoid cyst. The symptoms had completely resolved by 4 months after surgery with nearly normal neuroimaging appearance after 7 months. Cystography followed by craniotomy and ventriculostomy may be effective for supratentorial arachnoid cysts. |
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