tailieunhanh - Báo cáo y học: "Temporal fossa arachnoid cyst presenting with bilateral subdural hematoma following trauma: two case reports"

Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Temporal fossa arachnoid cyst presenting with bilateral subdural hematoma following trauma: two case reports | Journal of Medical Case Reports BioMed Central Open Access Case report Temporal fossa arachnoid cyst presenting with bilateral subdural hematoma following trauma two case reports Promod Pillai 1 Sajesh K Menon2 Raju P Manjooran2 Rajiv Kariyattil2 Ashok B Pillai2 and Dilip Panikar2 Address Department of Neurological Surgery the Ohio State University Medical Center Hamilton Hall Neil Avenue Columbus Ohio 43210 USA and 2Department of Neurosurgery Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences Kochi India Email Promod Pillai - Sajesh K Menon - sajesh@ Raju P Manjooran - raj_manjooran@ Rajiv Kariyattil - rajeev@ Ashok B Pillai - brashok@ Dilip Panikar - panikar@ Corresponding author Published 9 February 2009 Received 15 February 2008 Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009 3 53 doi 1752-1947-3-53 Accepted 9 February 2009 This article is available from http content 3 l 53 2009 Pillai et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract_ Introduction Intracranial arachnoid cysts are considered to be congenital malformations with a predilection for the temporal fossa. They are often asymptomatic but can sometimes be symptomatic due to enlargement or hemorrhage. There are multiple case reports of arachnoid cysts becoming symptomatic with hemorrhagic complications following head trauma. In such cases the bleeding is often confined to the side ipsilateral to the arachnoid cyst. Occurrence of contralateral subdural hematomas in patients with temporal fossa arachnoid cysts has rarely been observed and is reported less frequently in the .