HINDBRAIN HERNIATION - AN UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE AFTER SHUNTING AN INTRACRANIAL ARACHNOID CYST - CASE-REPORT

被引:17
作者
HASSOUNAH, MI
RAHM, BE
机构
[1] Department of Neurosciences, K. Faisal Specialist Hosp./Res. Ctr.
关键词
ARACHNOID CYST; ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; CYSTOPERITONEAL SHUNT; TONSILLAR HERNIATION;
D O I
10.3171/jns.1994.81.1.0126
中图分类号
R74 [神经病学与精神病学];
学科分类号
摘要
The case is presented of a prepontine arachnoid cyst in a 28-year-old woman. She was treated by craniotomy, stereotactic aspiration, internal shunting, and finally by insertion of a cystoperitoneal shunt. Eight months later she developed an asymptomatic Arnold-Chiari type I malformation. The pathogenesis of this unusual hindbrain herniation is explained on the basis of the differential pressure between two compartments and cephalocranial disproportion.
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