Open AccessArachnoid Cysts of the Posterior Fossa
Author(s) -
Jack Rock,
Robert D. Zimmerman,
William O. Bell,
Robert Fraser
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
neurosurgery/neurosurgery online
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.485
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1081-1281
pISSN - 0148-396X
DOI - 10.1227/00006123-198602000-00010
Subject(s) - medicine , posterior fossa , arachnoid cyst , anatomy , radiology , magnetic resonance imaging
Arachnoid cysts of the posterior fossa are an uncommon clinical entity. The two cases presented in this review were evaluated without vertebral angiography. We think that the development of magnetic resonance imaging may obviate the need for angiography in selected cases.