title: Congenital intracranial cysts: clinical findings, diagnosis, treatment and follow-up. A multicenter, retrospective long-term evaluation of 72 children.
abstract: 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).
authors.affiliation: Kinderchirurgische Abteilung, Kinderklinik Kantonsspital Bruderholz, Baselland, Switzerland.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ehrensberger
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gysler
authors.forename: O E
authors.initials: OE
authors.lastname: Illi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jordi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kaiser
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kummer
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rösslein
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Weibel
mesh_terms: 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