title: Growing Hemorrhagic Choroidal Fissure Cyst.
abstract: Choroidal fissure cysts are often incidentally discovered. They are usually asymptomatic. The authors report a case of growing and hemorrhagic choroidal fissure cyst which was treated surgically. A 22-year-old female presented with headache. Cranial MRI showed a left-sided choroidal fissure cyst. Follow-up MRI showed that the size of the cyst had increased gradually. Twenty months later, the patient was admitted to our emergency department with severe headache. MRI and CT showed an intracystic hematoma. Although such cysts usually have a benign course without symptoms and progression, they may rarely present with intracystic hemorrhage, enlargement of the cyst and increasing symptomatology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Izmir Katip Celebi University Ataturk Education and Research Hospital, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ayse
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Karatas
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Izmir Katip Celebi University Ataturk Education and Research Hospital, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Fazıl
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gelal
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Izmir Katip Celebi University Ataturk Education and Research Hospital, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Gokhan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gurkan
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Izmir Katip Celebi University Ataturk Education and Research Hospital, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Hamit
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Feran
keywords: Choroidal fissure; Cyst; Hemorrhage; Temporal lobe