Abstract
Case report
We report on the successful conservative treatment of a child harbouring a right-temporal arachnoid cyst associated with bilateral hygroma.
Treatment
Medical treatment was by corticosteroids for several days and acetazolamide (15 mg/kg/die) for 10 months.
Outcome
Clinical symptoms and signs disappeared completely with partial resolution of the bilateral hygroma at MRI follow-up.
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Longatti, P., Marton, E. & Billeci, D. Acetazolamide and corticosteroid therapy in complicated arachnoid cyst. Childs Nerv Syst 21, 1061–1064 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-004-1123-z
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