Late appearance of hydrocephalus associated with posttraumatic intradiploic arachnoid cyst.
METHODS
We present a case of a posttraumatic intradiploic arachnoid cyst associated with hydrocephalus in a 16-year-old boy. The diagnosis was missed 2 years previously, when an MRI following a transient gait disturbance failed to show the intradiploic extension of the cyst. He presented to us with hydrocephalus and a CT scan clearly identified the intradiploic position of the cyst.


RESULTS
A fenestration between the lateral ventricle and the cyst with aqueductoplasty and ETV were performed with good results.
Kadri
Hassan
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Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosurgery, Moassat University Hospital, Mazza Street, Damascus, Syria. drkadri@hotmail.com
Mawla
Alhakam A
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D000293:Adolescent; D016080:Arachnoid Cysts / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D004724:Endoscopy; D004814:Epidermal Cyst / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed