Arachnoid cyst - middle cranial fossa

Case contributed by Ammar Haouimi
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Chronic heasdaches.

Patient Data

Age: 40 years
Gender: Female

Extra-axial cyst of the right middle cranial fossa of CSF signal on all sequences with no restricted diffusion, displacing the temporal lobe.

Case Discussion

MRI Features of an arachnoid cyst of the middle cranial fossa type II according to Galassi classification.

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