Case report and review of the literature: arachnoid cyst of the fourth ventricle presenting as a syndrome of normal pressure hydrocephalus.
The Authors report a case of 4th ventricular arachnoid cyst that presented clinically with the criteria of normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH). Only a few cases of intraventricular arachnoid cyst have been recorded in the literature; the present case is the second reported case diagnosed as a syndrome of NPH.
Turgut
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Neurosurgery Department, University of Hacettepe, School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
Ozcan
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Onol
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D000328:Adult; D016080:Arachnoid Cysts / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D002551:Cerebral Ventricle Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006547:Hernia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D007427:Intracranial Pressure