Natural history of non-traumatic intracranial arachnoid cysts: a literature review

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https://doi.org/10.46900/apn.v4i3(September-December).160

Keywords:

arachnoid cyst, neurosurgery, natural history, intracranial cyst

Abstract

The natural history of arachnoid cysts is still a topic of debate in the medical literature and important to the neurosurgeon who intends to manage these cases. This article consists of a review of the literature available in the main digital libraries with wide access. This search resulted in six studies in which the developmental aspects of patients with this condition were specifically investigated. The analysis of those articles allowed us to conclude that the main and possibly only proven risk factor for cyst enlargement is age below five years, while among patients above this age group we can expect a benign evolution.

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Rodolpho Albuquerque Souza, Hospital of Clinics, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Department of neurosurgery

Felipe Gabriel dos Santos Fonseca, Hospital of Clinics, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Department of neurosurgery

Luis Augusto Vilela Silveira, Hospital of Clinics, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Department of neurosurgery

Maria Letícia Marques Pinheiro, Hospital of Clinics, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Department of neurosurgery

Emanuelle Lamas Rocha, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

School of medicine

Alexandre Varella Giannetti, Hospital of Clinics, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Department of neurosurgery

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2022-09-25

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Albuquerque Souza R, dos Santos Fonseca FG, Vilela Silveira LA, Marques Pinheiro ML, Lamas Rocha E, Varella Giannetti A. Natural history of non-traumatic intracranial arachnoid cysts: a literature review. Arch Pediatr Neurosurg [Internet]. 2022 Sep. 25 [cited 2025 Feb. 5];4(3(September-December):e1602022. Available from: https://archpedneurosurg.com.br/sbnped2019/article/view/160

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Vol. 4 No. 3(September-December) (2022): Archives of Pediatric Neurosurgery

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Review Article

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