title: Hydromyelia associated with a posterior fossa cyst.
abstract: There are rare reports of children with hydromyelia in association with arachnoid cysts at the foramen of Magendie, and these cases have uniformly been associated with hydrocephalus. We report a case of a 45-year-old woman with a posterior fossa cyst associated with hydromyelia and normal ventricles. This was successfully treated with a cystoperitoneal shunt. We believe this unusual condition is of interest in elucidating potential mechanisms of hydromyelia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston 02111.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cano
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kutschbach
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Borden
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Saris
mesh_terms: D002526:Cerebellar Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D003388:Cranial Fossa, Posterior; D003560:Cysts / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D013595:Syringomyelia / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D017287:Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt