title: Non-communicating arachnoid cyst of the temporal bone presenting as facial nerve paralysis in an infant.
abstract: Non-communicating arachnoid cyst of the lateral temporal bone is a rare condition. We present a case of a non-communicating arachnoid cyst of the temporal bone in an infant who presented with a lower motor neuron facial nerve paralysis. The patient was treated by surgical excision of the cyst.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Manhattan Eye, Ear, and Throat Hospital and Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kacker
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Bent
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Abbott
mesh_terms: D016080:Arachnoid Cysts / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D013701:Temporal Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed