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.
Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosurgery, Moassat University Hospital, Mazza Street, Damascus, Syria. drkadri@hotmail.com
Hassan
H
Kadri
Alhakam A
AA
Mawla
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