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Bobble-head doll syndrome in an 80-year-old man, associated with a giant arachnoid cyst of the lamina quadrigemina, treated with endoscopic ventriculocystocisternotomy and cystoperitoneal shunt

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Bobble-head doll syndrome (BHDS) is a rare entity, characterized by antero-posterior head bobbing, which is of the type “yes–yes.” Less frequently, having a head movement of the type “no–no” is described. We report an unusual case of an 80-year-old man with a cystic mass of the lamina quadrigemina, extending to the posterior fossa. We conclude that ventriculocystocisternotomy associated with a cystoperitoneal shunt is an effective treatment for a symptomatic giant arachnoid cyst in the lamina quadrigemina.

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Hospital de Especialidades del Centro Medico Nacional Siglo XXI, Mexico City, Mexico

    Jorge Octavio Olvera-Castro, Bayron Sandoval-Bonilla, David Gallardo-Ceja, Miguel Angel Venegas-Cruz, Eric Misael Estrada-Estrada, Gerardo Guinto-Balanzar & Rabindranath Garcia-Lopez

  2. Department of Neurology, Hospital de Especialidades del Centro Medico Nacional Siglo XXI, Mexico City, Mexico

    Hugo Morales-Briceño

  3. American British Cowdray Medical Center, Neurological Center ABC, Mexico City, Mexico

    Bayron Sandoval-Bonilla, Gerardo Guinto-Balanzar & Rabindranath Garcia-Lopez

  4. Department of Anesthesiology, Hospital de Especialidades del Centro Medico Nacional Siglo XXI, Mexico City, Mexico

    Marisol Contreras-Mota

  5. Hospital Angeles Lomas, Consultorio 525, Torre de Especialidades, Av. Vialidad de la Barranca s/n, col. Valle de las Palmas, 52763, Huixquilucan, Edo. De Mexico, Mexico

    Rabindranath Garcia-Lopez

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Olvera-Castro, J.O., Morales-Briceño, H., Sandoval-Bonilla, B. et al. Bobble-head doll syndrome in an 80-year-old man, associated with a giant arachnoid cyst of the lamina quadrigemina, treated with endoscopic ventriculocystocisternotomy and cystoperitoneal shunt. Acta Neurochir 159, 1445–1450 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-017-3195-z

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