J Korean Neurosurg Soc.  1977 Jun;6(1):121-126.

A Case of Intracranial Arachnoid Cyst

• Park KY
• Huh CW
• Song JU

Abstract

The intracranial arachnoid cyst is distinctly uncommon and they have unusual clinical course. The plain skull series were usually shown bulging of the overlying skull due to progressive collection of cerebrospinal fluid in cystic cavity. Pre-operative diagnosis is unlikely to be made. The predilection sites of this lesion are usually convexity of hemisphere, cisterna chiasmaticus, especiaily forebrain along the axis of main cerebral artery. The authors report a case of intracranial arachnoid cyst arisen along the Sylvian fissure combined chronic subdural hematoma follwoing sustained mild head injury. The pathologic diagnosis was arachnoid cyst, since the removed cyst wall was normal arachnoid tissue.

MeSH Terms

Arachnoid
Arachnoid Cysts*
Axis, Cervical Vertebra
Cerebral Arteries
Cerebrospinal Fluid
Craniocerebral Trauma
Diagnosis
Hematoma, Subdural, Chronic
Prosencephalon
Skull