title: Acetazolamide and corticosteroid therapy in complicated arachnoid cyst.
abstract: METHODS
  We report on the successful conservative treatment of a child harbouring a right-temporal arachnoid cyst associated with bilateral hygroma.
  
  
  METHODS
  Medical treatment was by corticosteroids for several days and acetazolamide (15 mg/kg/die) for 10 months.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Clinical symptoms and signs disappeared completely with partial resolution of the bilateral hygroma at MRI follow-up.
authors.affiliation: Neurosurgical Department, Regional Hospital, Padova University, Treviso, Italy.
authors.forename: Pierluigi
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Longatti
authors.forename: Elisabetta
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Marton
authors.forename: Domenico
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Billeci
mesh_terms: D000086:Acetazolamide / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016080:Arachnoid Cysts / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones; D000927:Anticonvulsants; D000086:Acetazolamide