A 20-year old male with a 6-year history of headache, sometimes accompanied by vomiting and snycope most often brought on by standing up or bending over. Followed by pediatric neurology for a previous diagnosis of migraine.
Pathology
Communicating lumbar arachnoid cyst
Disease/Diagnosis
Recurrent papilledema and headache due to paroxysmal spikes in intracranial pressure from a communicating lumbar arachnoid cyst
Clinical
VA: 20/15 OU; Moderate papilledema OS>OD
Presenting Symptom
Visual distortion with headache
Neuroimaging
CT; MRI
Treatment
Surgery
Date
2008-03
References
1. Haase J, Papilledema associated with a sacral arachnoid cyst, Surgical Neurology, Surgical Neurology, 6(60) 360-62 1976 2. Shams et al, Paroxysmal raised intracranial pressure associated with spinal meningeal cysts, Journal of Neurology. 253 (3), 273-282, 2005
Language
eng
Format
video/mp4
Type
Image/MovingImage
Source
40th Annual Frank Walsh Society Meeting
Relation is Part of
NANOS Annual Meeting Frank B. Walsh Sessions; 2008
