Non-traumatic intradiploic arachnoid cyst.
In this report, we present a case of non-traumatic intradiploic arachnoid cyst in a 65 year-old woman with a slow growing swelling in the right frontotemporal region without a history of head trauma, which was diagnosed intra-operatively. Extradural intracranial location of non-traumatic arachnoid cyst is a rare clinical entity with a few reported cases in the literature. Characteristic features of non-traumatic intradiploic arachnoid cysts are also described in this mini-review article.
Iplikcioglu
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Neurosurgery Clinic, Ministry of Health Okmeydani Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
Dinc
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Bikmaz
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Bek
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Gokduman
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Cosar
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D000368:Aged; D001099:Arachnoid / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D016080:Arachnoid Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D003399:Craniotomy; D019299:Decompression, Surgical; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004388:Dura Mater / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005624:Frontal Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures; D012886:Skull / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013701:Temporal Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome