Open AccessSymptomatic Fourth Ventricle Arachnoid Cyst Extending to the Upper Border of the Dens of the Axis: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
Author(s) -
Salih Gülşen
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
open access macedonian journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.288
H-Index - 17
ISSN - 1857-9655
DOI - 10.3889/oamjms.2014.050
Subject(s) - medicine , arachnoid cyst , fourth ventricle , cyst , third ventricle , anatomy , surgery , ventricle , cardiology
Arachnoid cysts are congenital and non-tumorous intra-arachnoid fluid accumulations that make up about 1% of all intracranial space. occupying lesions. We report a patient with a fourth ventricle arachnoid cyst extending to the upper border of the dens of the axis. This patient progressively developed walking difficulty and stiffness in his legs together with difficulty in grasping objects with his hands within one year. The cyst was totally excised and the patient's symptoms improved in the early postoperative period, but he developed intraventricular and intracisternal air which was followed-up conservatively and resolved spontaneously