Posterior fossa arachnoid cyst causing torticollis and gastro-oesophageal reflux in an infant

INTRODUCTION: Arachnoid cysts (ACs) account for a small proportion of all intracranial lesions. They are often incidental but can become symptomatic and even cause a threat to life. Symptoms are usually due to direct compression of neural elements and/or raised intracranial pressure. CASE REPORT: We...

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Autores principales: Hanrahan, John, Frantzias, Joseph, Lavrador, Jose P., Bodi, Istvan, Zebian, Bassel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6224018/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30062591
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00381-018-3917-4
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author Hanrahan, John
Frantzias, Joseph
Lavrador, Jose P.
Bodi, Istvan
Zebian, Bassel
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description INTRODUCTION: Arachnoid cysts (ACs) account for a small proportion of all intracranial lesions. They are often incidental but can become symptomatic and even cause a threat to life. Symptoms are usually due to direct compression of neural elements and/or raised intracranial pressure. CASE REPORT: We report the case of an infant with an enlarging posterior fossa arachnoid cyst (PFAC) causing torticollis and gastro-oesophageal reflux (GOR), the combination of which had been previously unreported in this context. Endoscopic fenestration and cyst decompression were followed by complete resolution of the symptoms. We discuss the possible mechanisms of torticollis and GOR in this context.
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spelling pubmed-62240182018-11-19 Posterior fossa arachnoid cyst causing torticollis and gastro-oesophageal reflux in an infant Hanrahan, John Frantzias, Joseph Lavrador, Jose P. Bodi, Istvan Zebian, Bassel Childs Nerv Syst Case Report INTRODUCTION: Arachnoid cysts (ACs) account for a small proportion of all intracranial lesions. They are often incidental but can become symptomatic and even cause a threat to life. Symptoms are usually due to direct compression of neural elements and/or raised intracranial pressure. CASE REPORT: We report the case of an infant with an enlarging posterior fossa arachnoid cyst (PFAC) causing torticollis and gastro-oesophageal reflux (GOR), the combination of which had been previously unreported in this context. Endoscopic fenestration and cyst decompression were followed by complete resolution of the symptoms. We discuss the possible mechanisms of torticollis and GOR in this context. Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2018-07-30 2018 /pmc/articles/PMC6224018/ /pubmed/30062591 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00381-018-3917-4 Text en © The Author(s) 2018 Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.
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Bodi, Istvan
Zebian, Bassel
Posterior fossa arachnoid cyst causing torticollis and gastro-oesophageal reflux in an infant
title Posterior fossa arachnoid cyst causing torticollis and gastro-oesophageal reflux in an infant
title_full Posterior fossa arachnoid cyst causing torticollis and gastro-oesophageal reflux in an infant
title_fullStr Posterior fossa arachnoid cyst causing torticollis and gastro-oesophageal reflux in an infant
title_full_unstemmed Posterior fossa arachnoid cyst causing torticollis and gastro-oesophageal reflux in an infant
title_short Posterior fossa arachnoid cyst causing torticollis and gastro-oesophageal reflux in an infant
title_sort posterior fossa arachnoid cyst causing torticollis and gastro-oesophageal reflux in an infant
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6224018/
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