Intracranial arachnoid cyst in a 28-year-old man. A clinical case with a fatal outcome

Most intracranial arachnoid cysts are thought to be non-tumorous, congenital, intra-arachnoid cerebrospinal fluid collections that account for about 1% of all intracranial space-occupying lesions. In children, the prevalence of this pathology is 2.6%; in adults, it reaches 1.4%. The disease is more...

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Main Authors: N. V. Krakhmal, S. S. Naumov, K. S. Vtorushin, T. R. Minekhanov, M. V. Zavyalova, S. V. Vtorushin
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Published: Siberian State Medical University (Tomsk) 2024-10-01
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description Most intracranial arachnoid cysts are thought to be non-tumorous, congenital, intra-arachnoid cerebrospinal fluid collections that account for about 1% of all intracranial space-occupying lesions. In children, the prevalence of this pathology is 2.6%; in adults, it reaches 1.4%. The disease is more often registered in men. Most often arachnoid cysts are supratentorial. Their most common locations are in the middle cranial fossa and the retrocerebellar cistern. Less often they can be detected on the convexity of the brain hemispheres; however, cases of arachnoid cysts at more unusual sites have also been described, including in newborns. The pathology is often characterized by an asymptomatic course, while certain symptoms may have an acute onset, which is due to compression of brain structures caused by the large cyst size.This article describes a clinical case of a large intracranial arachnoid cyst in a 28-year-old man. It was not verified in the antemortem diagnosis, but was revealed according to the autopsy findings (macroscopic features of the cyst, histologic presentation with specific morphological changes, and findings of computed tomography of the cerebral hemispheres).
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spelling doaj-art-c5d819d9ac97484f8e56de3ea2ee3b862025-08-20T04:00:13ZengSiberian State Medical University (Tomsk)Бюллетень сибирской медицины1682-03631819-36842024-10-0123316317110.20538/1682-0363-2024-3-163-1713104Intracranial arachnoid cyst in a 28-year-old man. A clinical case with a fatal outcomeN. V. Krakhmal0S. S. Naumov1K. S. Vtorushin2T. R. Minekhanov3M. V. Zavyalova4S. V. Vtorushin5Siberian State Medical University; Cancer Research Institute, Tomsk National Research Medical Center of the Russian Academy of SciencesSiberian State Medical UniversitySiberian State Medical UniversitySiberian State Medical UniversitySiberian State Medical University; Cancer Research Institute, Tomsk National Research Medical Center of the Russian Academy of SciencesSiberian State Medical University; Cancer Research Institute, Tomsk National Research Medical Center of the Russian Academy of SciencesMost intracranial arachnoid cysts are thought to be non-tumorous, congenital, intra-arachnoid cerebrospinal fluid collections that account for about 1% of all intracranial space-occupying lesions. In children, the prevalence of this pathology is 2.6%; in adults, it reaches 1.4%. The disease is more often registered in men. Most often arachnoid cysts are supratentorial. Their most common locations are in the middle cranial fossa and the retrocerebellar cistern. Less often they can be detected on the convexity of the brain hemispheres; however, cases of arachnoid cysts at more unusual sites have also been described, including in newborns. The pathology is often characterized by an asymptomatic course, while certain symptoms may have an acute onset, which is due to compression of brain structures caused by the large cyst size.This article describes a clinical case of a large intracranial arachnoid cyst in a 28-year-old man. It was not verified in the antemortem diagnosis, but was revealed according to the autopsy findings (macroscopic features of the cyst, histologic presentation with specific morphological changes, and findings of computed tomography of the cerebral hemispheres).https://bulletin.ssmu.ru/jour/article/view/5752intracranial arachnoid cystmorphology
spellingShingle N. V. Krakhmal
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Intracranial arachnoid cyst in a 28-year-old man. A clinical case with a fatal outcome
Бюллетень сибирской медицины
intracranial arachnoid cyst
morphology
title Intracranial arachnoid cyst in a 28-year-old man. A clinical case with a fatal outcome
title_full Intracranial arachnoid cyst in a 28-year-old man. A clinical case with a fatal outcome
title_fullStr Intracranial arachnoid cyst in a 28-year-old man. A clinical case with a fatal outcome
title_full_unstemmed Intracranial arachnoid cyst in a 28-year-old man. A clinical case with a fatal outcome
title_short Intracranial arachnoid cyst in a 28-year-old man. A clinical case with a fatal outcome
title_sort intracranial arachnoid cyst in a 28 year old man a clinical case with a fatal outcome
topic intracranial arachnoid cyst
morphology
url https://bulletin.ssmu.ru/jour/article/view/5752
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