Intracranial cysts containing cerebrospinal fluid-like fluid: Results of endoscopic neurosurgery in a series of 64 consecutive cases

Neurosurgery

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 788-803

  Talamonti, Giuseppe ^a   D'Aliberti, Giuseppe ^a   Picano, Marco ^a   Debernardi, Alberto ^a   Collice, Massimo ^a  

^a OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arachnoid cyst; Cyst brain; Endoscopy; Ependymal cyst; Fenestration; Neuroendoscopy; Neuronavigation

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED CYST; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; BLEEDING; BRAIN CYST; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYST; DEVELOPMENTAL CYST; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FENESTRATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYPOPITUITARISM; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL CYST CONTAINING CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LIKE FLUID; LIQUORRHEA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; NEUROENDOSCOPY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROSURGERY; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL BONE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARACHNOID CYSTS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951761443     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e318207ac91     Document Type: Article

References (62)

1. Basaldella L, Orvieto E, Dei Tos AP, Della Barbera M, Valente M, Longatti P. Causes of arachnoid cyst development and expansion. Neurosurg Focus. 2007;22(2):1-4.
2. Cincu R, Agrawal A, Eiras J. Intracranial arachnoid cysts: current concepts and treatment alternatives. Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2007;109(10):837- 843. (Pubitemid 47600469)
3. Rengachary SS, Kennedy JD. Intracranial arachnoid and ependymal cysts. In: Wilkins RH, Rengachary SS, eds. Neurosurgery. 2nd ed. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill; 1996;3:3709-3727.
4. Spansdahl T, Solheim O. Quality of life in adult patients with primary intracranial arachnoid cysts. Acta Neurochir. 2007;149(10):1025-1032.
5. Choi JU, Kim DS. Pathogenesis of arachnoid cyst: congenital or traumatic? Pediatr Neurosurg. 1998;29(5):260-266.
6. Guzel A, Tatli M, Kilincer C, Yilmaz F. Posttraumatic intraventricular arachnoid cyst accompanied by pseudomeningoencephalocele in a child: case report. J Clin Neurosci. 2007;14(12):1210-1213. (Pubitemid 350102775)
7. Kushen MC, Frim D. Placement of subdural electrode grids for seizure focus localization in patients with a large arachnoid cyst: technical note. Neurosurg Focus. 2007;22(2):1-3.
8. Tamburrini G, D'Angelo L, Paternoster G, Massimi L, Caldarelli M, Di Rocco C. Endoscopic management of intra and paraventricular CSF cysts. Childs Nerv Syst. 2007;23(6):645-651. (Pubitemid 46767471)
9. Go KG, Houthoff HJ, Hartsuiker J, Blaauw EH, Havinga P. Fluid secretion in arachnoid cysts as a clue to cerebrospinal fluid absorption at the arachnoid granulation. J Neurosurg. 1986;65(5):642-648. (Pubitemid 17177513)
10. Hornig GW, Zervas NT. Slit defect of the diaphragma sellae with valve effect: observation of a "slit valve." Neurosurgery. 1992;30(2):265-267.
11. Oberbauer RW. Intracranial and intraspinal cysts. In: Choux M, Di Rocco C, Hockley A, Walker M, eds. Pediatric Neurosurgery. London, England: Churchill-Livingstone; 1999: 37-149.
12. Santamarta D, Morales F, Sierra JM, de Campos JM. Arachnoid cysts: entrapped collections of cerebrospinal fluid variably communicating with the subarachnoid space. Minim Invasive Neurosurg. 2001;44(3):128-134. (Pubitemid 33081735)
13. Tamburrini G, Del Fabbro M, Di Rocco C. Sylvian fissure arachnoid cysts: a survey on their diagnostic workout and practical management. Childs Nerv Syst. 2008;24(5):593-604.
14. Zada G, Krieger MD, McNatt SA, Bowen I, McComb JG. Pathogenesis and treatment of intracranial arachnoid cysts in pediatric patients younger than 2 years of age. Neurosurg Focus. 2007;22(2):1-5.
15. Di Rocco C, Tamburrini G, Caldarelli M, Velardi F, Santini P. Prolonged ICP monitoring in children with sylvian fissure arachnoid cysts. Minerva Pediatr. 2003;55(6):583-591. (Pubitemid 38166004)
16. Helland CA, Wester K. Intracystic pressure in patients with temporal arachnoid cysts: a prospective study of preoperative complaints and postoperative outcome. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2007;78(6):620-623. (Pubitemid 46853898)
17. Tamburrini G, Di Rocco C, Velardi F, Santini P. Prolonged intracranial pressure (ICP) monitoring in non-traumatic pediatric neurosurgical diseases. Med Sci Monit. 2004;10(4):53-63.
18. Pradilla G, Jallo G. Arachnoid cysts: case series and review of the literature. Neurosurg Focus. 2007;22(2):1-4.
19. Becker T, Wagner M, Hofmann E, Warmuth-Metz M, Nadjmi M. Do arachnoid cysts grow? A retrospective CT volumetric study. Neuroradiology. 1991;33(4):341-345.
20. Bristol RE, Albuquerque FC, McDougall C, Spetzler RF. Arachnoid cysts: spontaneous resolution distinct from traumatic rupture: case report. Neurosurg Focus. 2007;22(2):1-4.
21. Czernicki T, Marchel A, Nowak A, Bojarski P. Arachnoid cysts of the middle cranial fossa presented as subdural hematomas. Neurol Neurochir Pol. 2005;39(4):328-334. (Pubitemid 41195330)
22. Wester K, Helland CA. How often do chronic extra-cerebral haematomas occur in patients with intracranial arachnoid cysts? J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2008;79(1):72-75.
23. Boutarbouch M, El Ouahabi A, Rifi L, Arkha Y, Derraz S, El Khamlichi A. Management of intracranial arachnoid cysts: institutional experience with initial 32 cases and review of the literature. Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2008;110(1):1-7. (Pubitemid 350266162)
24. Peraud A, Ryan G, Drake JM. Rapid formation of a multi-compartment neonatal arachnoid cyst. Pediatr Neurosurg. 2003;39(3):139-143. (Pubitemid 36928683)
25. Rao G, Anderson RC, Feldstein NA, Brockmeyer DL. Expansion of arachnoid cysts in children: report of two cases and review of the literature. J Neurosurg. 2005;102(3)(Suppl 3):S314-S317.
26. Di Rocco F, Yoshino M, Oi S. Neuroendoscopic transventricular ven-triculocystostomy in treatment for intracranial cysts. J Neurosurg. 2005;103(1)(Suppl 1):S54-S60.
27. Germanò A, Caruso G, Caffo M, et al. The treatment of large supratentorial arachnoid cysts in infants with cyst-peritoneal shunting and Hakim programmable valve. Childs Nerv Syst. 2003;19(3):166-173. (Pubitemid 36798775)
28. Levy ML, Wang M, Aryan HE, Yoo K, Meltzer H. Microsurgical keyhole approach for middle fossa arachnoid cyst fenestration. Neurosurgery. 2003;53(5):1138-1145. (Pubitemid 37420963)
29. Hopf NJ, Perneczky A. Endoscopic neurosurgery and endoscope-assisted microneurosurgery for the treatment of intracranial cysts. Neurosurgery. 1998;43(6):1330-1337. (Pubitemid 28545863)
30. Spennato P, Cinalli G, Ruggiero C, et al. Neuroendoscopic treatment of multi-loculated hydrocephalus in children. J Neurosurg. 2007;106(1)(Suppl 1):S29-S35.
31. Kabil MS, Shahinian HK. Fully endoscopic supraorbital resection of congenital middle cranial fossa arachnoid cysts: report of 2 cases. Pediatr Neurosurg. 2007;43(4):316-322. (Pubitemid 47056602)
32. Helland CA, Wester K. A population-based study of intracranial arachnoid cysts: clinical and neuroimaging outcomes following surgical cyst decompression in children. J Neurosurg. 2006;105(5)(Suppl 5):S385-S390.
33. Galassi E, Tognetti F, Gaist G, Fagioli L, Frank F, Frank G. CT scan and metrizamide CT cisternography in arachnoid cysts of the middle cranial fossa: classification and pathophysiological aspects. Surg Neurol. 1982;17(5):363-369. (Pubitemid 12119391)
34. Helland CA, Wester K. A population based study of intracranial arachnoid cysts: clinical and neuroimaging outcomes following surgical cyst decompression in adults. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2007;78(10):1129-1135.
35. Harsh GR IV, Edwards MS, Wilson CB. Intracranial arachnoid cysts in children. J Neurosurg. 1986;64(6):835-842. (Pubitemid 16072444)
36. Gan YC, Connolly MB, Steinbok P. Epilepsy associated with a cerebellar arachnoid cyst: seizure control following fenestration of the cyst. Childs Nerv Syst. 2007;24(1):125-134. (Pubitemid 350182804)
37. Koch CA, Moore JL, Voth D. Arachnoid cysts: how do postsurgical cyst size and seizure outcome correlate? Neurosurg Rev. 1998;21(1):14-22. (Pubitemid 28252930)
38. Voormolen JH. Arachnoid cysts of the middle cranial fossa: surgical management for headache. Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 1992;94(Suppl):S176-S179.
39. Kobayashi E, Bonilha L, Li LM, Cendes F. Temporal lobe hypogenesis associated with arachnoid cyst in patients with epilepsy. Arq Neuropsiquiatr. 2003;61(2):327-329. (Pubitemid 36850887)
40. Morioka T, Kawamura T, Fukui K, Nishio S, Sasaki T. Temporal lobe epilepsy associated with cystic lesion in the temporal lobe and middle cranial fossa. No To Shinkei. 2003;55(6):511-516. (Pubitemid 36898488)
41. Cokluk C, Senel A, Celik F, Ergür H. Spontaneous disappearance of two asymptomatic arachnoid cysts in two different locations. Minim Invasive Neurosurg. 2003;46(2):110-112. (Pubitemid 36682219)
42. Huang Q, Wang D, Guo Y, Zhou X, Wang X, Li X. The diagnosis and neu-roendoscopic treatment of noncommunicating intracranial arachnoid cysts. Surg Neurol. 2007;68(2):149-154. (Pubitemid 47087911)
43. Gangemi M, Colella G, Magro F, Maiuri F. Suprasellar arachnoid cysts: endoscopy versus microsurgical cyst excision and shunting. Br J Neurosurg. 2007;21(3):276-280. (Pubitemid 47035240)
44. Kandelwein JA, Richter HP, Borm W. Surgical therapy of symptomatic arachnoid cysts: an outcome analysis. Acta Neurochir. 2004;146(12):1317-1322. (Pubitemid 40064403)
45. Ozgur BM, Aryan HE, Levy ML. Microsurgical keyhole middle fossa arachnoid cyst fenestration. J Clin Neurosci. 2005;12(7):804-806. (Pubitemid 41411891)
46. Oberbauer RW, Haase J, Pucher R. Arachnoid cysts in children: a European co-operative study. Childs Nerv Syst. 1992;8(5):281-286.
47. Aoki N, Sakai T, Umezawa Y. Slit ventricle syndrome after cyst-peritoneal shunting for the treatment of intracranial arachnoid cyst. Childs Nerv Syst. 1990;6(1):41-43. (Pubitemid 20082344)
48. Hamid NA, Sgouros S. The use of an adjustable valve to treat over-drainage of a cyst-peritoneal shunt in a child with a large sylvian fissure arachnoid cyst. Childs Nerv Syst. 2005;21(11):991-994. (Pubitemid 41631101)
49. Ciricillo SF, Cogen PH, Harsh GR, Edwards MS. Intracranial arachnoid cysts in children: a comparison of the effects of fenestration and shunting. J Neurosurg. 1991;74(2):230-235.
50. Gangemi M, Maiuri F, Colella G, Sardo L. Endoscopic surgery for large posterior fossa arachnoid cysts. Minim Invasive Neurosurg. 2001;44(1):21-24. (Pubitemid 32435769)
51. Karabatsou K, Hayhurst C, Buxton N, O'Brien DF, Mallucci CL. Endoscopic management of arachnoid cysts: an advancing technique. J Neurosurg. 2007;106(6)(Suppl 6):S455-S462.
52. Nowoslawska E, Polis L, Kaniewska D, et al. Neuroendoscopic techniques in the treatment of arachnoid cysts in children and comparison with other operative methods. Childs Nerv Syst. 2006;22(6):599-604.
53. Camaert J, Abdullah J, Calliauw L, Carton D, Dhooge C, van Coster R. Endoscopic treatment of suprasellar arachnoid cysts. Acta Neurochir. 1992;119(1-4):68-73. (Pubitemid 23022770)
54. Cinalli G, Peretta P, Spennato P, et al. Neuroendoscopic management of interhemispheric cysts in children. J Neurosurg. 2006;105(3)(Suppl 3):S194-S202.
55. Elhammady MS, Bhatia S, Ragheb J. Endoscopic fenestration of middle fossa arachnoid cysts: a technical description and case series. Pediatr Neurosurg. 2007;43(3):209-215. (Pubitemid 46558916)
56. Schönherr B, Wolf O, Meier U. Endoscopy of intracranial cysts in the adult patient. Minim Invasive Neurosurg. 2002;45(3):181-184. (Pubitemid 35177743)
57. Abbott R. The endoscopic management of arachnoidal cysts. Neurosurg Clin N Am. 2004;15(1):9-17. (Pubitemid 38229955)
58. Godano U, Mascari C, Consales A, Calbucci F. Endoscope-controlled micro-neurosurgery for the treatment of intracranial fluid cysts. Childs Nerv Syst. 2004;20(11-12):839-841. (Pubitemid 39462380)
59. Rappaport ZH. Suprasellar arachnoid cysts: options in operative management. Acta Neurochir. 1993;122(1-2):71-75. (Pubitemid 23184327)
60. Berlis A, Vesper J, Ostertag C. Stent placement for intracranial cysts by combined stereotactic/endoscopic surgery. Neurosurgery. 2006;59(4)(Suppl 2):S474-S480.
61. Tirakotai W, Riegel T, Sure U, Bozinov O, Hellwig D, Bertalanffy H. Clinical application of neuro-navigation in a series of single burr-hole procedures. Zentralbl Neurochir. 2004;65(2):57-64. (Pubitemid 38560086)
62. Hoffman HJ, Hendrick EB, Humphreys RP, Armstrong EA. Investigation and management of suprasellar arachnoid cysts. J Neurosurg. 1982;57(5):597-602. (Pubitemid 12005984)