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Evaluation of surgical treatment strategies and outcome for cerebral arachnoid cysts in children and adults
ObjectiveThe best treatment strategies for cerebral arachnoid cysts (CAC) are still up for debate. In this study, we present CAC management, outcome...
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Intracranial arachnoid cysts
PurposeThe purpose of this review article is to outline the natural history, pathogenesis, anatomic considerations and surgical decision-making in...
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Intragenic homozygous duplication in HEPACAM is associated with megalencephalic leukoencephalopathy with subcortical cysts type 2A
Disease-causing variants in HEPACAM are associated with megalencephalic leukoencephalopathy with subcortical cysts 2A (MLC2A, MIM# 613,925, autosomal...
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Ivermectin modulated cerebral γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) and reduced the number of chronic Toxoplasma gondii cysts significantly in the brains of immunocompromised mice
Disruption of GABAergic signaling could exaggerate the inflammatory reaction associated with Toxoplasma gondii infection, as well as produce...
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Comparison of clinicopathological features between cerebral cystic and alveolar echinococcosis: analysis of 27 cerebral echinococcosis cases in **njiang, China
BackgroundCerebral echinococcosis is relatively rare, and it is important to distinguish cerebral cystic echinococcosis (CCE) from cerebral alveolar...
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Approach to simple kidney cysts in children
The finding of a simple kidney cyst in a child can pose a diagnostic and management challenge for pediatric nephrologists, urologists, and primary...
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Subdural hemorrhage in middle cranial fossa arachnoid cysts: a report of two cases at two ends of the spectrum
Arachnoid cysts are usually asymptomatic, benign lesions commonly occurring in the middle cranial fossa. However, the cysts may rupture in rare cases...
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Symptomatic intraventricular choroid plexus cysts. Illustrative case and systematic review
Although choroid plexus cysts are a frequent incidental neuroimaging finding, symptomatic ones are rare—a series of more than five cases are hard to...
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Surgical indications in pediatric arachnoid cysts
IntroductionArachnoid cysts are developmental lesions consisting of CSF collections within the subarachnoid space. There are many theories and...
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Cognition in children with arachnoid cysts – A five-year follow-up after microneurosurgical fenestration
Background and PurposeIn recent years there has been a re-evaluation regarding the clinical implications of temporal lobe arachnoid cysts (temporal...
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Staged neurosurgical approach for giant and progressive neonatal arachnoid cysts: a case series and review of the literature
ObjectivesPrenatally diagnosed complex arachnoid cysts are very rare. While the true prenatal incidence is still unknown, they account for...
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Pineal cysts in children: a paediatric series treated over the last twenty years in Lyon
BackgroundPineal cysts are a rare lesion of the pineal gland. Pineal cysts are benign lesions, generally asymptomatic, and are usually an incidental...
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Management of Tarlov cysts: an uncommon but potentially serious spinal column disease—review of the literature and experience with over 1000 referrals
Tarlov cysts were thought to be anatomic variants of uncertain etiology and clinical significance when initially described over 80 years ago. They...
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Neonatal cerebral ultrasound: anatomical variants and age-related diseases
Cerebral ultrasound is a non-invasive imaging technique widely used for the assessment of brain anatomy and diseases in neonates and infants. Indeed,...
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Understanding intracranial arachnoid cysts: a review of etiology, pathogenesis, and epidemiology
Arachnoid cysts (AC) are one of the common pathologies encountered in pediatric neurosurgical settings. It comes to clinical attention more often...
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Endoscopic trans-septal interforniceal approach for excision of colloid cysts of the third ventricle using the rotational technique
Colloid cysts of the third ventricle are benign intracranial lesions that account for 0.5 to 2% of all brain tumors and are even rarer in pediatric...
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Meningeal carcinomatosis secondary to neurenteric cysts with malignant transformation: a case report
BackgroundMeningeal carcinomatosis is mainly associated with breast cancer, lung cancer, and melanoma. However, meningeal carcinomatosis secondary to...
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Type-1 diabetes mellitus down-regulated local cerebral glial fibrillary acidic protein expression in experimental toxoplasmosis
Cerebral toxoplasmosis is an opportunistic infection, occurring mostly in immunosuppressed patients due to the reactivation of latent Toxoplasma ...
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Leukoencephalopathy with calcifications and cysts: A case report with literature review
Leukoencephalopathy with calcifications and cysts (LCC; OMIM #614561) is a rare disease and at present there are less than 100 cases reported...
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Surgical treatment of interhemispheric arachnoid cysts
ObjectiveIn children, interhemispheric arachnoid cysts (IHACs) are rare lesions often associated with corpus callosum dysgenesis. It is still...
