Giant posterior fossa arachnoid cyst causing tonsillar herniation and cervical syringomyelia

Vijay P Joshi; Ashwin Valsangkar; Satish Nivargi; Nitant Vora; Anish Dekhne; Amit Agrawal

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Year : 2013 | Volume : 4 | Issue : 1 | Page : 43-45

Giant posterior fossa arachnoid cyst causing tonsillar herniation and cervical syringomyelia

Vijay P Joshi¹, Ashwin Valsangkar², Satish Nivargi², Nitant Vora³, Anish Dekhne², Amit Agrawal⁴
¹ Department of Neurosurgery, Anesthesia and Pathology, SP Institute of Neurosciences, Solapur, Maharashtra, India
² Department of Neurology, Anesthesia and Pathology, SP Institute of Neurosciences, Solapur, Maharashtra, India
³ Department of Pathology, Yashodhara Super Speciality Hospital, Solapur, Maharashtra, India
⁴ Department of Neurosurgery, Narayana Medical College and Hospital, Chinthareddypalem, Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, India

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Amit Agrawal
Department of Neurosurgery, Narayana Medical College & Hospital, Chinthareddypalem, Nellore - 524 003, Andhra Pradesh
India

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DOI: 10.4103/0974-8237.121627

Acquired cerebellar tonsillar herniation and syringomyelia associated with posterior fossa mass lesions is an exception rather than the rule. In the present article, we describe the neuroimaging findings in a case of 28-year-old female patient presented with a history of paraesthesia involving right upper limb of 8-month duration. Magnetic resonance imaging showed a giant retrocerebellar arachnoid causing tonsillar herniation with cervical syringomyelia. The findings in the present case supports that the one of the primary mechanism for the development of syringomyelia may be the obstruction to the flow of cerebrospinal fluid causing alterations in the passage of extracellular fluid in the spinal cord and leading to syringomyelia.

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