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Endoscopic management of an intrasellar arachnoid cyst through the tuber cinereum in an adult: a case report

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The transventricular endoscopic approach is an effective less invasive method for the management of symptomatic intrasellar arachnoid cysts in adults. The open area of the brain tissue defect in the infundibular recess caused by the upward compression of the cyst is a common target site for fenestration from the third ventricle. This report highlighted an alternative approach through the tuber cinereum (denoted as “trans-tuberal”), which enabled the treatment of symptomatic cases with a small opening for cyst fenestration in the infundibular recess.

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital, 1-1-2 Minatojimaminami-machi, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, 650-0047, Japan

    Natsuhi Sasaki, Shoichi Tani, Yusuke Funakoshi, Hirotoshi Imamura, Ryu Fukumitsu & Nobuyuki Sakai

  2. Department of Neurosurgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, 54 Shogoin-Kawaharacho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan

    Natsuhi Sasaki

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Sasaki, N., Tani, S., Funakoshi, Y. et al. Endoscopic management of an intrasellar arachnoid cyst through the tuber cinereum in an adult: a case report. Acta Neurochir 162, 2397–2401 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-020-04409-3

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