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Arachnoid Cysts of the Posterior Fossa

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Intracranial arachnoid cysts (ACs) are presumably congenital malformations that are thought to be formed by the splitting of the arachnoid membrane due to an increased pulsation of the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) [4, 12, 13]. They represent only 1% of all intracranial lesions and are most commonly found in the middle fossa [2,4,20,40]. ACs involving the posterior fossa, especially the cerebellopontine angle (CPA), represent the second most common location and are found in 10–11% of all cases [17, 31, 39].

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  2. Department of Neurosurgery, Clinic San Borja and Clinic El Golf, Lima, Peru

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de Carvalho, G., Hinojosa, M. (2008). Arachnoid Cysts of the Posterior Fossa . In: Samii's Essentials in Neurosurgery. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-49250-4_21

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