title: Unusual volume reduction of Galassi grade III arachnoid cyst following head trauma.
abstract: We report the case of a 36-year-old woman with a Sylvian fissure arachnoid cyst, which diminished after head trauma and minor hemorrhage into the cyst. We discuss the relationship between the cyst volume reduction and the head trauma to determine the main mechanism of this self-healing process.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
authors.forename: Marek
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Prokopienko
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
authors.forename: Przemysław
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kunert
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
authors.forename: Andrzej
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Marchel
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016080:Arachnoid Cysts / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020300:Intracranial Hemorrhages / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D012640:Seizures / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D000927:Anticonvulsants