title: Case report and review of the literature: arachnoid cyst of the fourth ventricle presenting as a syndrome of normal pressure hydrocephalus.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Neurosurgery Department, University of Hacettepe, School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Turgut
authors.forename: O E
authors.initials: OE
authors.lastname: Ozcan
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Onol
mesh_terms: 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