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    MR case discussion: arachnoid cyst

    • Last Update: 2022-10-19
    • Source: Internet
    • Author: User
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    Female, 55 years old, headache
    .

    【Image Performance】

    MR showed a cystic mass lesion in the left middle cranial fossa, similar to cerebrospinal fluid signal; The left temporal and frontal lobes are displaced, there is no peripheral edema, MR enhancement shows no strengthening of the lesion, and adjacent sphenoid and temporal bones are deformed
    .

    【Final diagnosis】

    Arachnoid cyst.

    【Discussion】

    Arachnoid cysts are nonneoplastic fluid accumulations outside the brain, accounting for 1% of all traumatic intracranial mass lesions, most commonly in the temporal fossa (50%), and occur in the pontine-cerebellar angle, paracerebellar space, annular pool, tetraassic pool, suprasellar pool, and hemispherical space
    .
    Most are congenital and do not communicate
    with cerebrospinal fluid.
    Clinically, corresponding symptoms
    occur due to compression of local nerve tissue.
    MR manifests as a circular-like long T1 long T2 signal with no surrounding edema
    .
    MR enhancement without reinforcement
    .
    Diagnosis is not difficult
    .

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