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J Neurol Surg A Cent Eur Neurosurg 2013; 74(S 01): e198-e202
DOI: 10.1055/s-0033-1342931
Case Report
Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Unusual Volume Reduction of Galassi Grade III Arachnoid Cyst Following Head Trauma

Marek Prokopienko
1   Department of Neurosurgery, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland
,
Przemysław Kunert
1   Department of Neurosurgery, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland
,
Andrzej Marchel
1   Department of Neurosurgery, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland
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30 April 2012

20 December 2012

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21 May 2013 (online)

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Abstract

We report the case of a 36-year-old woman with a Sylvian fissure arachnoid cyst, which diminished after head trauma and minor hemorrhage into the cyst. We discuss the relationship between the cyst volume reduction and the head trauma to determine the main mechanism of this self-healing process.

Keywords

arachnoid cyst - sylvian fissure - head trauma
 

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