OBJECTIVE The optimal surgical treatment for symptomatic temporal arachnoid cysts is controversial. Therapeutic options include cyst shunting, endoscopic fenestration, and craniotomy for fenestration. We reviewed the results for patients who were treated primarily with craniotomy and fenestration at our institution, to provide a baseline for comparisons of the efficacies of other treatment moda...

Background . Spinal epidural arachnoid cysts are the protrusion of membrane through an existing defect in dural, functioning as a valve. Literature data on diagnosis and surgical treatment presented by descriptions clinical cases there is no consensus optimal approach to solving this problem. Aim To present case cyst type II thoracic lumbar spine; analyze methods such cysts. Materials All spina...

A case of subdural haematoma associated with an intracranial arachnoid cyst is reported. The pathogenesis, clinical presentation and treatment options of intracranial arachnoid cysts is discussed. (Emerg Med J 2001;18:308–309)

This report is composed of two patients with anteriorly located cervical intradural arachnoid cyst and review of 24 cases in Englishlanguage literature. Both of our patients were in the first two decades of life with neck pain and motor weakness. With suspicious diagnosis of anterior arachnoid cyst surgery was carried out in both cases, though laminectomy in one and laminoplasty in the other. T...