Congenital intracranial cysts: clinical findings, diagnosis, treatment and follow-up. A multicenter, retrospective long-term evaluation of 72 children.
A multicenter, retrospective evaluation of 72 children born between 1973 and 1987 with intracranial cysts was performed: 37 had an arachnoid cyst, 25 a Dandy-Walker malformation and 10 a porencephalic cyst. The following criteria were evaluated: history, clinical findings, diagnostic work-up (neuroradiology, CSF and intracystic pressures), surgical therapy and follow-up (outcome and cyst volumes).
Ehrensberger
J
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Kinderchirurgische Abteilung, Kinderklinik Kantonsspital Bruderholz, Baselland, Switzerland.
Gysler
R
R
Illi
O E
OE
Jordi
R
R
Kaiser
G
G
Kummer
M
M
Rösslein
R
R
Weibel
M
M
D000293:Adolescent; D016080:Arachnoid Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003560:Cysts / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D003616:Dandy-Walker Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D012189:Retrospective Studies