Acetazolamide and corticosteroid therapy in complicated arachnoid cyst.
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.
Longatti
Pierluigi
P
Neurosurgical Department, Regional Hospital, Padova University, Treviso, Italy.
Marton
Elisabetta
E
Billeci
Domenico
D
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
D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones; D000927:Anticonvulsants; D000086:Acetazolamide