A 20-year-old woman suffered gradual progression of right pulsatile exophthalmos and slight headache. Computed tomography (CT) demonstrated outward and downward displacement of the right globe and an arachnoid cyst in the right middle cranial fossa associated with thinned and anterior protrusion of a bony orbit. Microscopic cystocisternotomy was performed and the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) insid...

The presence of central nervous system (CNS) tissue outside the cranium is often referred to as " heterotopia, " although technically this should be termed " ectopia, " according to the dictionary definition. Glioneuronal heterotopia (GH) is a rare, mass-forming, malformative lesion. Ectopic glioneuronal tissue of the head and neck has been detected in the nasopharynx, oro-pharynx, tongue, pala...

We report the case of 22-year-old man with nontraumatic intracystic hemorrhage into a middle cranial fossa arachnoid cyst associated with a contiguous subacute subdural hematoma. Arachnoid cysts are benign intra-arachnoidal fluid collections frequently detected incidentally during neuroimaging. Rare complications of arachnoid cysts such as intracystic hemorrhage or subdural hematomas and subdur...

Lower limb surgeries may be performed under local, regional (spinal or epidural) general anesthesia, but neuraxial blockade is the preferred mode of anesthesia. Sub-arachnoid block Spinal anaesthesia most common central used in a surgical setting, which being versatile and commonly block. With increasing use hyperbaric bupivacaine for sub arachnoid block, their limitations like prolongation ons...

The authors describe a case of communicating hydrocephalus accompanied by an arachnoid cyst in an aneurismal subarachnoid hemorrhage. A 69-year-old female was referred to our clinic due to the sudden onset of a headache. A head computed tomography scan demonstrated an arachnoid cyst in the right middle fossa with a mass effect and diffuse subarachnoid hemorrhage. Digital subtraction angiography...