Arachnoid cysts: clinical features

Evidence-based neurology checklist on arachnoid cysts: clinical features: Risk associations Down syndrome Mucopolysaccharidosis Schizencephaly Neurofibromatosis Acrocallosal syndrome Aicardi syndrome Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) Cerebral aneurysms Features of middle cranial…

Risk associations

  • Down syndrome
  • Mucopolysaccharidosis
  • Schizencephaly
  • Neurofibromatosis
  • Acrocallosal syndrome
  • Aicardi syndrome
  • Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD)
  • Cerebral aneurysms

Features of middle cranial fossa cysts

Features of posterior fossa/cerebellopontine angle cysts

References

  1. Ahmed AK, Cohen AR. Intracranial arachnoid cysts. Childs Nerv Syst 2023 (Online ahead of print).
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  3. Leung GK, Fan YW. Chronic subdural haematoma and arachnoid cyst in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD). J Clin Neurosci 2005; 12:817-819.
  4. Igarashi Y, Murai Y, Yamada O, et al. Cerebral aneurysm associated with an arachnoid cyst: 3 case reports and a systematic review of the literature. World Neurosurg 2018; 109:e203-e209. 
  5. Aguiar GB, Santos RGD, Paiva ALC, Silva JMA, Silva RCD, Veiga JCE. Intracranial aneurysm and arachnoid cyst: just a coincidence? A case report. Sao Paulo Med J 2017; doi: 10.1590/1516-3180.2017.0083290517 (Epub ahead of print).
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