title: Treatment of supratentorial primary arachnoid cysts.
abstract: Twenty-four cases of supratentorial primary arachnoid cysts operated with different techniques are reviewed: both cyst shunting or extirpation may lead to a good early clinical result, but the former is less dangerous and more indicated in a particular group of patients; late results are better in the shunted patients. CT scan is almost always diagnostic and is mandatory postoperatively to assess the late results.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001099:Arachnoid; D002493:Central Nervous System Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003560:Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed