Prenatal Diagnosis of Arachnoid Cysts

Arachnoid Cysts

Arachnoid Cysts

not easily forgotten, and once pictured in the mind's eye by the aid of an accurate description, there can be but little danger that when thereafter encountered they might be mistaken for anything else. Descriptions of such cysts abound in the records of most asylums, and it may be well to open -what I have to say regarding them by quoting a description from the archives of the West Riding Asyl...

Pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment of spinal meningoceles and arachnoid cysts

Prenatal diagnosis of herniated Dandy-Walker cysts.

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this series is to describe the prenatal diagnosis and pregnancy outcome of fetuses affected with Dandy-Walker malformation in which a posterior cyst herniated through a bony defect of the occipital skull, foramen magnum, or both. METHODS Two- and 3-dimensional sonography were used to examine 2 fetuses with poorly delineated cerebellar structures and a large posterior ...

Intracranial arachnoid cysts.

Intracranial arachnoid cysts constitute 1% of space-occupying lesions in humans.1 The incidence of the condition in dogs is unknown. Only 6 reports describing radiographic findings of 13 affected dogs and 1 cat have been published, but detailed information about the clinical presentation of these patients is lacking.2–7 The present report describes the clinical history, diagnostic findings, and...