Unusual volume reduction of Galassi grade III arachnoid cyst following head trauma

Marek Prokopienko; Przemysław Kunert; Andrzej Marchel

doi:10.1055/s-0033-1342931

Unusual volume reduction of Galassi grade III arachnoid cyst following head trauma

J Neurol Surg A Cent Eur Neurosurg. 2013 Dec:74 Suppl 1:e198-202. doi: 10.1055/s-0033-1342931. Epub 2013 May 21.

Authors

Marek Prokopienko¹, Przemysław Kunert¹, Andrzej Marchel¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neurosurgery, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.

PMID: 23696293
DOI: 10.1055/s-0033-1342931

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.

Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Anticonvulsants / therapeutic use
Arachnoid Cysts / complications
Arachnoid Cysts / diagnostic imaging*
Arachnoid Cysts / surgery*
Craniocerebral Trauma / complications
Craniocerebral Trauma / diagnostic imaging*
Craniocerebral Trauma / surgery*
Female
Humans
Intracranial Hemorrhages / complications
Intracranial Hemorrhages / diagnostic imaging
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Seizures / complications
Seizures / drug therapy
Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

Anticonvulsants