Acetazolamide and corticosteroid therapy in complicated arachnoid cyst

Childs Nerv Syst. 2005 Dec;21(12):1061-4. doi: 10.1007/s00381-004-1123-z. Epub 2005 Jun 14.

Abstract

Case report: We report on the successful conservative treatment of a child harbouring a right-temporal arachnoid cyst associated with bilateral hygroma.

Treatment: Medical treatment was by corticosteroids for several days and acetazolamide (15 mg/kg/die) for 10 months.

Outcome: Clinical symptoms and signs disappeared completely with partial resolution of the bilateral hygroma at MRI follow-up.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acetazolamide / therapeutic use*
  • Adrenal Cortex Hormones / therapeutic use*
  • Anticonvulsants / therapeutic use*
  • Arachnoid Cysts / drug therapy*
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods
  • Male
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods

Substances

  • Adrenal Cortex Hormones
  • Anticonvulsants
  • Acetazolamide