Author/Authors :
Rezaei, Omidvar Department of Neurosurgery - Loghman Hakim Hospital - Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran , Moradian-Kokhdan, Karim Department of Neurosurgery - Faculty of Medicine - Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran , Ebrahimzadeh, Kaveh Department of Neurology - Faculty of Medicine - Yasuj University of Medical Sciences, Iran , Razmeh, Saeed Department of Neurosurgery - Loghman Hakim Hospital - Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran , Sharifi, Guive Department of Neurosurgery - Loghman Hakim Hospital - Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran , Samadian, Mohammad Department of Neurosurgery - Loghman Hakim Hospital - Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Abstract :
Background and Importance: Arachnoid cysts are benign nontumoral lesions that are usually
found incidentally in brain imaging. Suprasellar Arachnoid Cysts (SSACs) are rare. They can
cause hydrocephalus and increased intracranial pressure, lower cranial nerve impairment and
endocrine disorder. Sometimes arachnoid cysts become complicated by subdural hematoma/
hygroma.
Case Presentation: We describe a patient with a suprasellar arachnoid cyst that was
complicated with symptomatic subdural effusion and increased intracranial pressure after
minor trauma.
Conclusion: Although these cysts are rarely complicated with subdural hematoma/hygroma,
and intracystic hemorrhage, the probability of subsequent subdural hygroma and increased
intracranial pressure should not be underestimated.
