title: Dissapearance of arachnoid cyst after rupturing into subdural space.
abstract: Arachnoid cysts are developmental anomalies usually diagnosed in childhood. The most important complications of arachnoid cysts are subdural haematomas and hygromas and intracystic haemorrhage. In our case we present a 7-year-old boy whose arachnoid cyst ruptured into the subdural space following a mild head injury and disappeared after draining the subdural haematoma by burr-holes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey. cemy@baskent-ank.edu.tr
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yilmaz
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cetinalp
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Caner
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Altinors
mesh_terms: D001099:Arachnoid / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D016080:Arachnoid Cysts / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D002648:Child; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000150:complications*; D003399:Craniotomy / Q000379:methods; D046648:Hematoma, Subdural, Intracranial / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012421:Rupture; D013355:Subdural Space / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome