INTRODUCTION Intracranial arachnoid cysts are considered to be congenital malformations with a predilection for the temporal fossa. They are often asymptomatic but can sometimes be symptomatic due to enlargement or hemorrhage. There are multiple case reports of arachnoid cysts becoming symptomatic with hemorrhagic complications following head trauma. In such cases, the bleeding is often confine...

Arachnoid cysts can occur at different intracranial sites, including the cerebellopontine angle (CPA). They often occur in childhood, in the posterior fossa. They may present with symptoms such as dizziness, tinnitus and hearing loss, or they may be asymptomatic. Presentation with sudden deafness is very rare. We report the unusual presentation of a 67-year-old male with CPA arachnoid cyst and ...

The association between arachnoid cyst and subdural hygroma (SH) is rare. We report a case, presenting of left middle cranial fossa arachnoid cyst with traumatic SH and spontaneous resolution of SH. The patient was totally asymtomatic prior to the injury and his arachnoid cyst was detected incidentally during investigations following minor head trauma. Our case with normal neurological examinat...

BACKGROUND Arachnoid cysts are common incidental findings on intracranial imaging, although they are rarely symptomatic. CASE DESCRIPTION We present a case of a 49 year-old woman with a recurrent left supraorbital arachnoid cyst who developed staring spells, expressive dysphasia, and tremor after cyst fenestration and cystoperitoneal shunting. Her symptoms resolved after removing the shunt va...

This clinical case of intramedullary arachnoid cyst is the second reported in Senegal. It concerns a 50-yearold woman, with no particular history, admitted for back pain associated intermittent spinal claudication. The physical examination showed dorsal syndrome, spastic paraparesis, hypoesthesis under T9 sensitive territory bilateral Babinski sign. Cutaneous-abdominal reflexes were abolished a...

BACKGROUND Although cochlear implantation has been almost a standard otological procedure worldwide, it may still create a dilemma for the surgeon in some unusual instances such as Seckel syndrome, aural atresia and posterior fossa arachnoid cyst. CASE REPORT Three extraordinary cases of cochlear implantation were reported. The first case was a case of Seckel syndrome with a cardiac pacemaker...

Background: Arachnoid cysts are common intracranial space-occupying lesions which are often found in middle fossa and temporal regions of the skull. Many of these lesions are asymptomatic but some might appear as spaceoccupying lesions. Almost arachnoid cyst rupture, either following a trauma or spontaneously can result in intracystic hemorrhage, subdural hematoma and hygroma. The present study...

Abstract Introduction: Arachnoid cysts are developmental cystic lesions which may be found as an incidental finding on neuroimaging or present with symptoms of headache, seizure and neurologic deficit. Presentation with seizure is more common with larger sizes and temporal location. Presentation with TLE is rare, and fenestration of cysts had variable results for seizure control. Here in, we r...

Neurological syndromes following arachnoid cyst is a rear complication of aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage which is less than 1%. The best treatment option is complete removal of these bubbles. Posterior cysts are accessible to complete surgical resection without spinal cord damage. Anterior cysts are often managed with a cystoperitoneal shunt. However, Patients with associated arachnoiditis...

We report the case of a 57-year-old man who was admitted on the basis of worsening paraplegia and incontinence. This patient had developed similar neurologic symptoms 15 previously but fully recovered after conservative medical therapy with corticosteroids. At that point, he was diagnosed with a thoracic spinal arteriovenous malformation (AVM); yet, no focal spinal lesion was identified. During...