Posterior fossa arachnoid cyst presenting as high cervical cord compression.
We report a 16-year-old boy who presented with high cervical cord compression caused by a midline posterior fossa arachnoid cyst lying below the vermis. Cystoperitoneal shunting resulted in a dramatic improvement of neurological signs.
Shukla
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R
Department of Neurology, Neurosurgery K. G's Medical College, UP, India.
Sharma
A
A
Vatsal
D K
DK
D000293:Adolescent; D016080:Arachnoid Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D002530:Cerebellopontine Angle / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D017287:Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt