title: Primary arachnoid cyst mimicking depressive symptoms in an elderly woman.
abstract: We describe an 81-year old female patient who was seen at our outpatient clinic with a history of falls. The clinical diagnosis was concurrent with depressive symptoms, but an arachnoid cyst turned out to be the cause of her problems. The patient recovered completely after surgery.
authors.affiliation: Section of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Hester R
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Boomkens
authors.forename: Tischa J M
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: van der Cammen
authors.forename: Francesco U S
authors.initials: FU
authors.lastname: Mattace-Raso
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016080:Arachnoid Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000523:psychology / Q000601:surgery; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging