CT scan and metrizamide CT cisternography in arachnoid cysts of the middle cranial fossa: classification and pathophysiological aspects.
Thirty-one cases of arachnoid cysts of the middle cranial fossa were investigated by CT scan, 7 of them undergoing additional metrizamide CT cisternography. In this paper we analyze and correlate the different findings from these two examinations and propose a classification of arachnoid cysts of the middle cranial fossa into three basic types. Pathophysiological and surgical implications are discussed.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001099:Arachnoid / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000145:classification / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D002648:Child; D003560:Cysts / Q000145:classification / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007427:Intracranial Pressure; D008297:Male; D008793:Metrizamide; D008875:Middle Aged; D009192:Myelography / Q000379:methods*; D011379:Prognosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*
D008793:Metrizamide