title: Arachnoid cyst rupture with subdural hygroma: case report and literature review.
abstract: Arachnoid cyst rupture causing subdural hygroma is rare. Twenty-one cases have been previously reported in the literature. We report a case of a 9-year-old boy presenting signs and symptoms of increased intracranial pressure due to the rupture of a type III arachnoid cyst causing subdural hygroma. The clinical and radiological findings as well as the management of the patient are discussed in relation to the pertinent literature.
authors.affiliation: Karadeniz technical university school of medicine. Trabzon. Turkey.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cakir
authors.lastname: Kayhankuzeyli
authors.forename: O C
authors.initials: OC
authors.lastname: Sayin
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Peksoylu
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Karaarslan
mesh_terms: D016080:Arachnoid Cysts / Q000150:complications*; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D013353:Subdural Effusion / Q000209:etiology*