Growing Hemorrhagic Choroidal Fissure Cyst.
10.3340/jkns.2016.59.2.168
- Author:
Ayse KARATAS
1
;
Fazil GELAL
;
Gokhan GURKAN
;
Hamit FERAN
Author Information
1. Department of Neurosurgery, Izmir Katip Celebi University Ataturk Education and Research Hospital, Izmir, Turkey. aysekaratas@yahoo.com
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Choroidal fissure;
Cyst;
Temporal lobe;
Hemorrhage
- MeSH:
Choroid*;
Emergency Service, Hospital;
Female;
Follow-Up Studies;
Headache;
Hematoma;
Hemorrhage;
Humans;
Magnetic Resonance Imaging;
Temporal Lobe;
Young Adult
- From:Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
2016;59(2):168-171
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Choroidal fissure cysts are often incidentally discovered. They are usually asymptomatic. The authors report a case of growing and hemorrhagic choroidal fissure cyst which was treated surgically. A 22-year-old female presented with headache. Cranial MRI showed a left-sided choroidal fissure cyst. Follow-up MRI showed that the size of the cyst had increased gradually. Twenty months later, the patient was admitted to our emergency department with severe headache. MRI and CT showed an intracystic hematoma. Although such cysts usually have a benign course without symptoms and progression, they may rarely present with intracystic hemorrhage, enlargement of the cyst and increasing symptomatology.
