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Giant arachnoid cyst in adult presented with secondary epileptiform activity
Artem Stanishevskiy1, Shamil Gizatullin1, Denis Davydov1
1Department of Neurosurgery, Main Military Hospital named after N.N. Burdenko, Moscow, Russia.
Background:
Current studies contain controversies regarding indications and preferable surgical techniques for arachnoid cysts.
Case Description:
In this paper we present case report of giant arachnoid cyst of right frontal lobe in young left-handed adult with headache, MRI sings of brain compression and epileptiform activity on EEG, treated by microsurgical cystostomy.
Conclusion:
We add a case of young adult with tension headaches and possible sub-clinical seizures due to arachnoid cyst, whose symptoms disappeared after surgical management of the cyst, including normalization of EEG.
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