1. Occipital post-traumatic intradiploic arachnoid cyst converted to pseudomeningocele after re-trauma: a rare complication of rare pathology.
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Jaiswal M, Gandhi A, Sharma A, and Mittal RS
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- Arachnoid Cysts etiology, Arachnoid Cysts surgery, Child, Preschool, Humans, Male, Meningocele etiology, Meningocele surgery, Occipital Bone surgery, Skull Fractures complications, Skull Fractures surgery, Arachnoid Cysts diagnosis, Meningocele diagnosis, Occipital Bone pathology, Skull Fractures diagnosis
- Abstract
Background: Growing skull fracture (GSF)/pseudomeningocele is a rare complication of head injury in children. Post-traumatic intradiploic arachnoid cyst (PTIAC) is a variant but it is extremely rare. PTIACs are usually asymptomatic or with mild symptoms like headache. The rupture of PTIAC due to re-trauma leading to pseudomeningocele formation has not been seen or reported before., Patient and Method: We present a case of occipital PTIAC where pseudomeningocele developed after re-trauma, and discuss the pathogenesis and management., Result: En masse removal of the ruptured PTIAC was performed along with dural-defect repair. The post-operative recovery was good., Conclusion: PTIAC is an extremely rare occurrence as a variant of GSF. It is usually asymptomatic, but it may rupture with trivial trauma due to a thinned-out outer table and then converts into pseudomengocele. En masse excision with dural-defect repair gives good results in cases of ruptured PTIAC due to re-trauma.
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- 2015
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