Tapping of a type II Sylvian fissure arachnoid cyst: technical note.
A 28-year-old man with a large Sylvian fissure cyst was treated by making a small pre-coronal burr hole, and subsequently, under a direct view its wall was fenestrated with a Cushing's needle and the cyst fluid was tapped. The patient had complete neurological recovery. The follow-up was of 90 months.
Pierangeli
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UO di Neurochirugia AO SS Annunziata, Via Bruno, 74100, Taranto, Italy.
Gigante
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Pizzoni
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D000328:Adult; D016080:Arachnoid Cysts / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D003399:Craniotomy / Q000379:methods*; D019299:Decompression, Surgical / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male