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Lee JH, Holste KG, Selzer BJ, Garton HJL, Muraszko KM, Maher CO. Sports Participation and Sports-Related Neurologic Injuries in Pediatric Patients With Arachnoid Cysts. Neurosurgery 2023; 93:979-985. [PMID: 37199501 DOI: 10.1227/neu.0000000000002537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2023] [Accepted: 04/01/2023] [Indexed: 05/19/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Currently, there is no consensus recommendation regarding the safety of sports participation for pediatric patients with arachnoid cysts (ACs). OBJECTIVE To prospectively survey patients with ACs to define the risk of sports-associated neurologic injury in untreated and treated patients. METHODS A prospectively administered survey was given to all patients diagnosed with an AC who presented to a single pediatric neurosurgery clinic between December 2010 and December 2021. Data were recorded on demographic information, imaging characteristics, treatment, sports participation, and presence of sports-related neurologic injury. The type and date of surgery for the AC were noted if surgery was performed. RESULTS Of the 303 patients with completed surveys, 189 patients participated in sports, and 94 patients had prospective data available. There was no significant difference in cyst location or Galassi score between patients who did and did not participate in contact vs noncontact sports and those who did and did not experience a concussion. A cumulative total of 2700.5 seasons of sports were played (2499.7 in untreated and 200.8 in treated patients). There were 44 sports-related concussions among 34 patients: 43 in untreated patients and 1 in a treated patient. For all participants, the concussion rate was 16.3 per 1000 seasons of all sports and 14.8 per 1000 seasons of contact sports. The concussion rate after AC treatment was 4.9 per 1000 seasons of all sports. Three patients experienced sports-related AC rupture or hemorrhage, none of which required surgery or resulted in lasting neurologic symptoms or deficits. CONCLUSION The rates of sports-related concussion and cyst rupture in patients with AC in both treated and untreated populations were low. We advocate for a generally permissive posture toward sports participation in this population.
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- Johan H Lee
- School of Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor , Michigan , USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor , Michigan , USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor , Michigan , USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor , Michigan , USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor , Michigan , USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University, Stanford , California , USA
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Massimi L, Bianchi F, Benato A, Frassanito P, Tamburrini G. Ruptured Sylvian arachnoid cysts: an update on a real problem. Childs Nerv Syst 2023; 39:93-119. [PMID: 36169701 PMCID: PMC9968703 DOI: 10.1007/s00381-022-05685-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2022] [Accepted: 09/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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PURPOSE Sylvian arachnoid cysts (SACs) are the most common type of arachnoid cysts and the most prone to undergo a rupture. This event is considered rare but potentially severe. No definite information is available on its occurrence or management. The goal of the present article is to provide an update on the epidemiological, etiological, and clinical aspects and the management of this peculiar clinical condition. METHODS A comprehensive review of the English literature of the last 40 years on this topic has been realized. Moreover, a personal series of children investigated and treated in the last 20 years is presented. These patients were managed as follows: (1) treatment of the subdural collection; (2) identification of candidates for surgical treatment of the residual cyst (brain MRI, perfusion brain MRI, prolonged invasive ICP monitoring (selected cases), EEG, neuropsychological tests); (3) surgical treatment of the cyst in the patients with pathological perfusion MRI and/or ICP measurement and/or clear neurophysiological and neuropsychological correlations. RESULTS A total of 446 patients (430 from the literature and 16 from the personal series), mainly children, adolescents, and young adults, have been analyzed leading to the following results: (1) SAC rupture is rare but not negligible (yearly risk of rupture: 0.04%; overall risk up to 10% in children affected by SCAs). Prophylactic surgery in asymptomatic cases is not advisable. (2) The mechanism of rupture is not known but an impact of SAC against the sphenoid wing and/or a direct injury on SAC through a thinned temporal bone, with possible laceration of the cyst wall vessels and/or tear of the bridging veins, can be hypothesized. A head injury is often not reported (may be misdiagnosed). (3) Subdural collection (hygroma > chronic hematoma) is the most common finding followed by intracystic bleeding, extradural hematoma, and other types of bleeding. Signs or symptoms of raised intracranial pressure are the most frequent ones. (4) The complication of the rupture is usually treated in emergency or in the acute period by burr hole or craniotomic evacuation of the subdural collection, although a conservative management is possible in some cases. Following the rupture, the majority of SACs are treated (70%), often at the same time of the complication, but no specific investigations are routinely performed to select candidates. According to our protocol, only 43.7% of SACs needed to be treated. CONCLUSIONS The "spontaneous" or posttraumatic rupture of SACs is a rare but potentially significant complication followed by a generally good outcome. The course of the cyst is independent from the outcome of the complication, consequently requiring specific investigations for individuating those lesions interfering with CSF dynamics and/or cerebral blood flow.
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- L Massimi
- Pediatric Neurosurgery, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario, A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
- Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy.
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- Pediatric Neurosurgery, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario, A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Pediatric Neurosurgery, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario, A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Pediatric Neurosurgery, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario, A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Pediatric Neurosurgery, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario, A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
- Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
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Hall S, Smedley A, Manivannan S, Mathad N, Waters R, Chakraborty A, Sparrow OC, Tsitouras V. Ruptured intra-cranial arachnoid cysts: a case series from a single UK institution. Br J Neurosurg 2021; 35:462-466. [PMID: 33513028 DOI: 10.1080/02688697.2020.1862057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Intracranial arachnoid cysts are a common incidental finding; however presentation with cyst rupture is a recognised complication. Patients are advised to avoid contact sports to reduce the risk of cyst rupture but the risk of rupture is not currently known. The aim of this study is to describe a single institution's experience of managing ruptured intra-cranial arachnoid cysts. METHOD A retrospective case note review of all patients admitted to a single institution with a ruptured intra-cranial arachnoid cyst between 2005 and 2016 (inclusive). Medical records were reviewed for demographics, history of trauma, surgical treatment and radiological evidence of cyst rupture. RESULTS Fourteen patients were identified for inclusion with an average age of 23.4 years (range 7-57) and 10 (71%) were male. Nine patients (64%) had a documented history of head trauma. Eleven patients (78.6%) required neurosurgical intervention which included hygroma/haematoma evacuation only (n = 5), haematoma evacuation with cyst fenestration (n = 4) and cyst fenestration/shunting only (n = 2). Twelve patients (85%) experienced full recovery and the remaining two had persisting headaches or neurological symptoms. DISCUSSION Cyst rupture remains an uncommon cause for presentation with arachnoid cysts. However the majority are associated with head trauma and thus current advice to avoid contact sports seems justified.
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- Samuel Hall
- Department of Neurosurgery, Wessex Neurological Centre, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, UK
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Wessex Neurological Centre, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, UK
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Wessex Neurological Centre, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, UK
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Wessex Neurological Centre, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, UK
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Wessex Neurological Centre, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, UK
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Wessex Neurological Centre, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, UK
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Wessex Neurological Centre, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, UK
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Wessex Neurological Centre, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, UK
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Bryden A, Majors N, Puri V, Moriarty T. A Rare Case of Spontaneous Arachnoid Cyst Rupture Presenting as Right Hemiplegia and Expressive Aphasia in a Pediatric Patient. CHILDREN-BASEL 2021; 8:children8020078. [PMID: 33498812 PMCID: PMC7911169 DOI: 10.3390/children8020078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2020] [Revised: 01/16/2021] [Accepted: 01/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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This study examines an 11-year-old boy with a known history of a large previously asymptomatic arachnoid cyst (AC) presenting with acute onset of right facial droop, hemiplegia, and expressive aphasia. Shortly after arrival to the emergency department, the patient exhibited complete resolution of right-sided hemiplegia but developed headache and had persistent word-finding difficulties. Prior to symptom onset while in class at school, there was an absence of reported jerking movements, headache, photophobia, fever, or trauma. At the time of neurology consultation, the physical exam showed mildly delayed cognitive processing but was otherwise unremarkable. The patient underwent MRI scanning of the brain, which revealed left convexity subdural hematohygroma and perirolandic cortex edema resulting from ruptured left frontoparietal AC. He was evaluated by neurosurgery and managed expectantly. He recovered uneventfully and was discharged two days after presentation remaining asymptomatic on subsequent outpatient visits. The family express concerns regarding increased anxiety and mild memory loss since hospitalization.
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- Anne Bryden
- Department of Neurology and Pediatrics, University of Louisville SOM, Louisville, KY 40202, USA
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +1-(570)-951-2998
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- Department of Neurology and Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37420, USA;
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- Department of Neurology and Pediatrics, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40202, USA;
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- Department of Neurological Surgery and Pediatrics, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40202, USA;
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Wang XJ. Intraparenchymal hemorrhage after surgical decompression of an epencephalon arachnoid cyst: A case report. World J Clin Cases 2021; 9:274-277. [PMID: 33511196 PMCID: PMC7809672 DOI: 10.12998/wjcc.v9.i1.274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2020] [Revised: 11/02/2020] [Accepted: 11/12/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND This study reports the clinical presentation of intraparenchymal hemorrhage as a rare complication after surgical decompression of an intracranial epencephalon arachnoid cyst (IEAC) at the posterior cranial fossa.
CASE SUMMARY The clinical information of a patient with an IEAC was reported, and the related literature was reviewed. A female patient with nausea presented to our hospital. Computed tomography demonstrated an IEAC located at the posterior cranial fossa, which was large and required surgical intervention. After operation, postoperative intraparenchymal hemorrhage was detected. She had a good recovery with conservative treatment 1 mo later.
CONCLUSION Though postoperative intraparenchymal hemorrhage is rare after surgical decompression of an IEAC, more attention should be paid to such a complication.
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- Xue-Jian Wang
- Department of Neurosurgery, Affiliated Hospital 2 of Nantong University (Nantong First People's Hospital), Nantong 226001, Jiangsu Province, China
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Unusual Presentation and Imaging Findings of a Rare Supratentorial Neurenteric Cyst. Can J Neurol Sci 2019; 47:121-123. [PMID: 31623695 DOI: 10.1017/cjn.2019.295] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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This is a case of a 30-year-old right-handed male patient who presented to the hospital in 2014 after hitting his head on the mat during a wrestling match followed by headache and temporary peripheral vision limitation. The patient's past medical history was unremarkable. On physical examination, Glasgow Coma Scale was 15 with no focal neurological deficits. Unenhanced head computed tomography (CT) and enhanced brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) were performed (Figure 1). The patient was managed conservatively, and follow-up CT and MRI in 2015 (Figure 2) demonstrated significant decrease in size of the previously seen right frontoparietal lesion with also changes in its radiological features. The patient remained asymptomatic for about 3 years when in 2018 he presented to the Emergency Department with increasing headaches and peripheral vision loss. MRI demonstrated an increase in the right frontal lesion size (Figure 3). He underwent surgical resection of the lesion.
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McAninch S, Martin J. Symptomatic Arachnoid Cyst After Cervical Manipulation. J Emerg Med 2018; 55:845-847. [PMID: 30297195 DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2018.09.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2018] [Revised: 08/18/2018] [Accepted: 09/03/2018] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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- Scott McAninch
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Scott and White Medical Center - Temple, Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine, Temple, Texas
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Scott and White Medical Center - Temple, Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine, Temple, Texas
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Abbas M, Khairy S, AlWohaibi M, Aloraidi A, AlQurashi WW. Bilateral Temporal Extradural Hematoma on Top of Bilateral Temporal Arachnoid Cyst: First Case Report and Extensive Literature Review. World Neurosurg 2018; 115:134-137. [DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2018.04.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2018] [Revised: 04/05/2018] [Accepted: 04/06/2018] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Di Gaeta A, Giurazza F, Guarnieri G, Muto M. Giant arachnoid cyst associated with acute subdural haematoma: A case report. Neuroradiol J 2017; 30:286-289. [PMID: 28374621 PMCID: PMC5480802 DOI: 10.1177/1971400917697731] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Arachnoid cysts are extra-cerebral, intra-arachnoidal cerebrospinal fluid collections - the most frequent congenital developmental intracranial cystic lesions. They are often diagnosed incidentally during imaging exams acquired for different reasons, and are usually asymptomatic. Rare complications are post-traumatic rupture with consequent subdural haematomas. Spontaneous bleeding should be acknowledged as a rare but possible complication of this benign lesion. We report on the case of a patient presenting with a giant arachnoid cyst extending to the left frontal, temporal and parietal lobes associated with acute subdural haematoma without history of trauma.
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Kleinschmidt-DeMasters BK, Lillehei KO, Hankinson TC. Review of xanthomatous lesions of the sella. Brain Pathol 2017; 27:377-395. [PMID: 28236350 DOI: 10.1111/bpa.12498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2017] [Accepted: 02/09/2017] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Xanthomatous lesions of the sellar region have traditionally been divided into two separate categories, xanthomatous hypophysitis (XH) and xanthogranuloma (XG) of the sellar region. The seminal article on XH, a condition typified by foamy histiocytes and lymphoplasmacytic infiltrates in the pituitary gland/sellar region, but usually little or no hemosiderin pigment, detailed three patients. However, most reports since that time have been single cases, making understanding of the entity difficult. In contrast, the seminal report on XG, characterized by sellar region cholesterol clefts, lymphoplasmacytic infiltrates, marked hemosiderin deposits, fibrosis, multinucleated giant cells around cholesterol clefts, eosinophilic granular necrotic debris, and accumulation of macrophages, included 37 patients, allowing more insights into etiology. Few examples could be linked to adamantinomatous craniopharyngioma, and although ciliated epithelium similar to that of Rathke cleft cyst (RCC) was identified up to 35% of the 37 cases, it could not be proven that XG was related to hemorrhage into RCC. Case reports since that time, however, occasionally linked XG to RCC when an etiology could be identified at all, and a few recognized that a spectrum exists in xanthomatous lesions of the sella. They review literature, adding 23 cases from our own experience, to confirm that overlap occurs between XH and XG, and that the majority-but not all-can be linked to RCC leakage/rupture/hemorrhage. It was suggested that progressive accumulation of hemosiderin pigment in the lesion, possibly caused by the multiple episodes of bleeding, could account for the transition of at least some cases of XH to XG.
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- B K Kleinschmidt-DeMasters
- Department of Pathology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO.,Department of Neurology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO.,Department of Neurosurgery, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO.,Morgan Adams Foundation Pediatric Brian Tumor Research Program
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO.,Department of Neurosurgery, Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO
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Hall A, White MAJ, Myles L. Spontaneous subdural haemorrhage from an arachnoid cyst: a case report and literature review. Br J Neurosurg 2016; 31:607-610. [DOI: 10.1080/02688697.2016.1187255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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- A. Hall
- Institute of Neurological Sciences, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Glasgow, UK
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK
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Arora R, Puligopu AK, Uppin MS, Purohit AK. Suprasellar Arachnoid Cyst with Spontaneous Intracystic Hemorrhage: A Rare Complication - Role of MR and Illustration of a Case. Pol J Radiol 2014; 79:422-5. [PMID: 25422677 PMCID: PMC4238756 DOI: 10.12659/pjr.890992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2014] [Accepted: 06/23/2014] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Arachnoid cysts are congenital or developmental intra-arachnoidal CSF-filled lesions, which develop probably as a result of splitting or duplication of the arachnoid membrane. Most of them are asymptomatic and are detected as incidental findings on Computed Tomography or Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the head carried out for other reasons. Although complications such as intracystic, subdural, and extradural hematomas are well known after a trauma, spontaneous hemorrhage in an arachnoid cyst is a rare and serious complication with atypical imaging features on cross-sectional imaging and only less than ten cases are documented in the literature till date, with none of them in the suprasellar location. CASE REPORT A 40-year-old female patient presented with history of headache since two months, which was sudden in onset, holocranial. CONCLUSIONS Spontaneous intracystic hemorrhage is an uncommon and serious complication of arachnoid cysts, which can give rise to atypical features on imaging. Therefore familiarity with this rare complication is indeed essential.
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- Richa Arora
- Department of Radiology, Nizams Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, India
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- Department of Radiology, Nizams Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, India
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Arachnoid cyst (AC) is a common congenital intracranial lesion in children. It may be complicated by subdural hematoma (SDH) and intracystic hemorrhage (ICH) to cause intracranial hypertension after minor head injury or spontaneously. However, because most bleeding after trauma is delayed, it is often overlooked. At the same time, it remains controversial for treatment of ACs complicated with SDH and ICH. So far, it lacks review, especially for pediatric patients who have ACs with SDH or ICH. Here, we report 3 pediatric cases in our department from 2010 to 2011. At the same time, we review 41 pediatric patients reported in the last 20 years. We conclude that a child with AC should be regularly followed up after minor head injury, and that therapy for children with complicated ACs should be more aggressive than for adults. The cyst wall should be resected, and communication between cyst and cerebral cistern should be established.
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Seddighi A, Seddighi AS, Zali AR, Baqdashti HR. Presentation of a minimally symptomatic large extradural hematoma in a patient with an arachnoid cyst: a case report and review of the literature. J Med Case Rep 2011; 5:581. [PMID: 22182235 PMCID: PMC3339374 DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-5-581] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2011] [Accepted: 12/19/2011] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Introduction Hemorrhagic complications of arachnoid cysts have been reported, extensively presenting with subdural or intracystic hematoma after trauma, but presentation with extradural hemorrhage is very rare. In this paper, we report the case of a patient with an arachnoid cyst who developed an extradural hematoma after a subtle head injury. Our patient presented with very mild symptoms in spite of the very large size of the hematoma. Case presentation Our patient was a 23-year-old Iranian man who complained of diffuse progressive headache and vomiting after mild head trauma. A brain computerized scan showed a very large extradural hematoma in the left frontotemporoparietal convexity over a large arachnoid cyst. Conclusion Brain parenchyma containing an arachnoid cyst is vulnerable to trauma and increases the risk of serious hemorrhagic complications. We also suggest that the abnormal shape of the head should be considered as an indication for a computerized tomography scan in cases of mild head injury.
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- Afsoun Seddighi
- Functional Neurosurgery Research Center of Shohada Tajrish Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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Pillai P, Menon SK, Manjooran RP, Kariyattil R, Pillai AB, Panikar D. Temporal fossa arachnoid cyst presenting with bilateral subdural hematoma following trauma: two case reports. J Med Case Rep 2009; 3:53. [PMID: 19203370 PMCID: PMC2646743 DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-3-53] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2008] [Accepted: 02/09/2009] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Intracranial arachnoid cysts are considered to be congenital malformations with a predilection for the temporal fossa. They are often asymptomatic but can sometimes be symptomatic due to enlargement or hemorrhage. There are multiple case reports of arachnoid cysts becoming symptomatic with hemorrhagic complications following head trauma. In such cases, the bleeding is often confined to the side ipsilateral to the arachnoid cyst. Occurrence of contralateral subdural hematomas in patients with temporal fossa arachnoid cysts has rarely been observed and is reported less frequently in the medical literature. CASE PRESENTATION We report two cases of people (a 23-year-old man and a 41-year-old man) with temporal fossa arachnoid cysts complicated by a subdural hematoma following head injury. Both patients developed a subdural hematoma contralateral to the side of a temporal fossa arachnoid cyst. It is likely that lack of adequate intracranial cushioning in the presence of an intracranial arachnoid cyst may result in injury not only to ipsilateral but also to contralateral bridging veins, following head trauma. CONCLUSION It is important to identify and report such rare complications with intracranial arachnoid cysts, so that asymptomatic patients with an intracranial arachnoid cyst can be counseled about such possibilities following head trauma.
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- Promod Pillai
- Department of Neurological Surgery, the Ohio State University Medical Center, Hamilton Hall, Neil Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA.
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