title: [Arachnoid cyst and pseudotumor cerebri: case report].
abstract: Report on a 12 years old patient with an arachnoid cyst of posterior cranial fossa and pseudotumor cerebri. This patient is a shunt dependent of his cyst-peritoneal shunt. This association and evolution of this pacient suggest a common and specifical pathogenic mechanism of these two pathologies based in a disturbance of the cerebral fluid circulation.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Neurologia, Universidade de São Paulo.
authors.forename: N D
authors.initials: ND
authors.lastname: Cabral
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nitrini
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Plese
mesh_terms: D016080:Arachnoid Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011559:Pseudotumor Cerebri / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery