Arachnoid cyst - middle cranial fossa

Case contributed by Bahman Rasuli
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Headaches.

Patient Data

Age: 40 years
Gender: Female

Extra-axial fluid-density collection in the left middle cranial fossa measuring 3 x 4 x 5 cm with a mass effect on the left temporal lobe, an imperceptible wall and thinning of the overlying bone.

No evidence of acute ischemia

No evidence of hemorrhage

No hydrocephalus.

Case Discussion

Brain CT scan findings are characteristic of a left middle cranial fossa arachnoid cyst, type II according to Galassi classification of middle cranial fossa arachnoid cysts.

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