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Hemorrhagic Complications of Intracranial Arachnoid Cyst Following Minor Head Injury : Report of 5 Cases

  • Kim, Jae-Hoon (Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Hanyang University, Guri Hospital) ;
  • Kim, Choong-Hyun (Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Hanyang University, Guri Hospital) ;
  • Cheong, Jin-Hwan (Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Hanyang University, Guri Hospital) ;
  • Bak, Koang-Hum (Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Hanyang University, Guri Hospital) ;
  • Kim, Jae-Min (Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Hanyang University, Guri Hospital)
  • Published : 2006.06.30
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Abstract

Intracranial arachnoid cyst is presumed to be a developmental anomaly and its natural history is not well defined. Often it is detected incidentally in a asymptomatic patient and hemorrhagic events of arachnoid cyst following head injury are rarely reported. We report hemorrhagic complications including two intracystic hemorrhages, two subdural hematomas, and an epidural hematoma in 5 patients with intracranial arachnoid cyst after minor head injury and review pertinent literatures.

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