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Ana Maria Carvalho1, Pedro Sá Almeida1, Rita G Magalhães1

  • 1Internal Medicine, Unidade Local de Saúde de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Chaves, PRT.

Cureus
|March 20, 2026
PubMed
Summary

Giant arachnoid cysts, fluid-filled brain lesions, often appear large on imaging but cause few symptoms. This case highlights that management should focus on symptom severity, not just cyst size, for optimal patient outcomes.

Keywords:
arachnoid cystbrain imagingcase reportcomputed tomographyconservative managementintracranial cyst

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