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Posttraumatic arachnoid cyst at the cranial base with unusual manifestations
K Phanthumchinda1, S Shuangshoti, S Khaoroptham
1Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Surgical Neurology
|July 1, 1989
Abstract:
A posttraumatic epidural arachnoid cyst embedded within the left petrous bone of a 25-year-old woman is reported. The lesion produced clinical manifestations of cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea, recurrent meningitides, and neuropathy affecting all divisions of the fifth cranial nerve as well as the eighth cranial nerve on the left side. The location of posttraumatic arachnoid cyst is rare at the cranial base, and the described clinical manifestations are unique.