Retroclival arachnoid cyst presenting with haemorrhage: a brief report of a special case.
Retroclival arachnoid cysts are rarely reported. A 40-year-old woman had a sudden onset of occipitocervical pain. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed a cystic mass lesion located in the retroclival region and complicated with intracystic haemorrhage. At operation, by a right lateral suboccipital approach, an old, intracystic haemorrhage was aspirated and the cyst wall removed totally. This report demonstrated the second case of retroclival cyst presenting with symptomatic spontaneous intracystic haemorrhage.
Department of Neurosurgery, Akdeniz University School of Medicine, Dumlupinar Bulvari, Kampus Alani, 07070, Antalya, Turkey. mahmutakyuz@akdeniz.edu.tr
Mahmut
M
Akyuz
Ethem
E
Goksu
Ayse
A
Aralasmak
Recai
R
Tuncer
D000328:Adult; D016080:Arachnoid Cysts / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D001488:Basilar Artery / Q000473:pathology; D003388:Cranial Fossa, Posterior; D003399:Craniotomy; D005260:Female; D006406:Hematoma / Q000601:surgery; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures; D013396:Suction