Arachnoid cysts: clinical features
Written and reviewed by Dr Ibrahim Imam, Consultant Neurologist. Last reviewed .
Arachnoid cysts: clinical features. Down syndrome, Mucopolysaccharidosis, Schizencephaly, Neurofibromatosis. Fully referenced neurology checklist.
Risk associations
- Down syndrome
- Mucopolysaccharidosis
- Schizencephaly
- Neurofibromatosis
- Acrocallosal syndrome
- Aicardi syndrome
- Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD)
- Cerebral aneurysms
Features of middle cranial fossa cysts
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Features of posterior fossa/cerebellopontine angle cysts
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References
- Ahmed AK, Cohen AR. Intracranial arachnoid cysts. Childs Nerv Syst 2023 (Online ahead of print).
- Pradilla G, Jallo G. Arachnoid cysts: case series and review of the literature. Neurosurg Focus 2007; 22:E7.
- Leung GK, Fan YW. Chronic subdural haematoma and arachnoid cyst in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD). J Clin Neurosci 2005; 12:817-819.
- Igarashi Y, Murai Y, Yamada O, et al. Cerebral aneurysm associated with an arachnoid cyst: 3 case reports and a systematic review of the literature. World Neurosurg 2018; 109:e203-e209.
- Aguiar GB, Santos RGD, Paiva ALC, Silva JMA, Silva RCD, Veiga JCE. Intracranial aneurysm and arachnoid cyst: just a coincidence? A case report. Sao Paulo Med J 2017; doi: 10.1590/1516-3180.2017.0083290517 (Epub ahead of print).
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