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19318741

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-3-25
pubmed:abstractText
A 62-year-old woman presented with a symptomatic arachnoid cyst of the right occipital convexity manifesting as visual disturbances and headache. She underwent craniotomy with membranectomy and fenestration to the subarachnoid space. Postoperatively, her complaints disappeared and brain magnetic resonance (MR) imaging showed cyst shrinkage. During the first 1 year after surgery, she made a good recovery without clinical symptoms or cyst enlargement. However, she complained of visual disturbances after 6 years. Brain MR imaging revealed cyst enlargement and Goldmann perimetry detected left lower quadrantanopia. The diagnosis was recurrent arachnoid cyst. A second surgical procedure was performed including membranectomy for histological examination of the cyst membrane, and an Ommaya reservoir was inserted into the cyst cavity to prevent further cyst enlargement. The histological findings were compatible with arachnoid cyst, similar to the results seen at the first surgery. She was discharged 3 weeks after the second operation with no complications, and follow up continues as an outpatient. Patients with symptomatic arachnoid cysts typically have good progress after surgery, but the present case shows that follow up should continue for at least 6 years after surgery, even if cyst volume reduction was initially favorable.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
1349-8029
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
49
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
134-7
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Delayed recurrent arachnoid cyst of the occipital convexity in an elderly woman.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurosurgery, Nippon Medical School Tama Nagayama Hospital, Tama, Tokyo, Japan. gorigori@r4.dion.ne.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports