Open AccessAn arachnoid cyst you don’t see every day
Author(s) -
Ioan-Cristian Lupescu,
Ioana-Gabriela Lupescu,
Răzvan Cerban,
L. Gheorghe,
Daniela Anghel
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
romanian journal of neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 4
eISSN - 2069-6094
pISSN - 1843-8148
DOI - 10.37897/rjn.2021.1.16
Subject(s) - medicine , contraindication , arachnoid cyst , liver transplantation , cyst , brain herniation , surgery , cirrhosis , transplantation , gastroenterology , pathology , alternative medicine
A 53 years-old male, diagnosed with ulcerative colitis and liver cirrhosis due to HCV infection, was hospitalized at the Gastroenterology Department for paraclinical workup, prior to inclusion on the liver transplantation waiting list. The patient was known with a gigantic arachnoid cyst and presented a transient ischemic attack one year prior, for which treatment with aspirin was initiated. Consequently, we performed a brain MRI examination, which disclosed a left-sided gigantic arachnoid cyst with mass effect, midline shift of 9 mm and subfalcine herniation. No focal neurologic deficits or signs of increased intracranial pressure were found on neurological examination. Following neurosurgical evaluation, the presence of the cyst was not deemed to be a contraindication for liver transplantation.