Arachnoid cysts: differential diagnosis
Written and reviewed by Dr Ibrahim Imam, Consultant Neurologist. Last reviewed .
Arachnoid cysts: differential diagnosis. Developmental, Blake pouches, Colloid cysts, Dandy Walker malformation. Fully referenced neurology checklist.
Developmental cysts
- Developmental
- Blake pouches
- Colloid cysts
- Dandy Walker malformation
- Glial cysts
- Pineal cysts
- Poroencephalic cysts
- Rathke’s cleft cysts
- Cerebellar hypoplasia
- Mega cisterna magna
- Vermian cysts
Infective cysts
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Tumour cysts
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Metabolic disorders cysts
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Non-cystic lesions
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References
- Erdincler P, Kaynar MY, Bozkus H, Ciplak N. Posterior fossa arachnoid cysts. Br J Neurosurg 1999; 13:10-17.
- Grossman RI, Yousem DM. The Requisites Neuroradiology 2nd edition Mosby Philadelphia 2003 p118.
- Pereira RG, Ribeiro BNF, Hollanda RTL, de Almeida LB, Simeão TB, Marchiori E. Non-neoplastic intracranial cystic lesions: not everything is an arachnoid cyst. Radiol Bras 2021; 54:49-55.
- Chanclud J, Valence S, Perre SV, et al. Prenatal diagnosis of vermian cyst: a new type of posterior fossa cyst. Pediatr Radiol 2023; 53:461-469.
- Bayrakli F, Okten AI, Kartal U, et al. Intracranial arachnoid cyst family with autosomal recessive trait mapped to chromosome 6q22.31-23.2. Acta Neurochir (Wien) 2012; 154:1287-1292.
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