intracranial arachnoid cysts: classification and management
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INTRACRANIAL ARACHNOID CYSTS:
CLASSIFICATION AND MANAGEMENT
G. Tamburrini,
Rome
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Incidence
From clinical studies (1960’s): 0.4-1%
of intracranial space occupying lesions
(bias: asymptomatic cases)
From autopsies: 0.1%
(bias: tearing of the lining when brain is removed)
2% of occasional neuroradiological
findings
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Classification:
SUPRATENTORIAL
•Syivian fissure
•Sellar region
•Interhemispheric /
Parasagittal
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INFRATENTORIAL
• Dandy-Walker Malformation (DWM)
• Mega Cisterna Magna (MCM)
• Dandy-Walker Variant (DWV)
• Persisting Blake’s Pouch
• Arachnoid Cysts (AC)
• - Retrocerebellar
• - Laterocerebellar
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INTRA/PARAVENTRICULAR
• Quadrigeminal region /
Tentorial notch
Subependymal/
paraventricular cysts
• Choroid plexus cysts
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Classification:
SUPRATENTORIAL
•Syivian fissure (SAC)
(50%)
•Sellar region
•Interhemispheric /
Parasagittal
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Sylvian fissure cysts:
E Galassi et al.
Surg Neurol 17:363-369,1982
CT Scan and Metrizamide
CT Cisternography in
Arachnoid Cysts of the
Middle Cranial Fossa:
Classification and
Pathophysiological aspects
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PROBLEMS
•Quiescient throughout life
•Dormant for years before showing
clinical manifestations
•Occasionally disappearing
spontaneously
1.NATURAL HISTORY
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NATURAL HISTORY •Progressively enlarging, compressing
and dislocating surrounding structures,
and interferring with CSF circulation
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NATURAL HISTORY
Pathogenesis of enlargement:
•Ball-valve mechanism
(microsurgical and endoscopic observations)
•Fluid production by the cyst wall cells
(similar to the subdural neuroepithelium)
•Osmotic gradient
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•Headache
•Macrocrania, focal skull
enlargement
• Intracranial hypertension
• Focal neurological deficits
• Seizure disorder
• Psychomotor retardation
SYMPTOMS Are all related ?
?
?
?
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HEADACHE
Tamburrini et al,
Child’s Nerv Syst, 2008
INTERNATIONAL
SURVEY ON
NEUROSURGICAL ATTITUDE
RECOMMENDATIONS
Prolonged clinical follow-up
and seriated MR: 42%
Indication for surgery: 13.3%
Prophylactic surgery: 28.8%
..a survey
..the case proposed
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Tamburrini et al,
Child’s Nerv Syst, 2008
• Presenting sign: up to 70%
of “symptomatic” cases
• Chronic, unspecific,
unrelated to cyst size,
compression,distortion
of surrounding cerebrovascular
structures
• Unrelated to intracystic pressure
BENEFIT OF ICP RECORDING CONTROVERSIAL
……HEADACHE
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SEIZURES
Tamburrini et al,
Child’s Nerv Syst, 2008
INTERNATIONAL
SURVEY ON
NEUROSURGICAL ATTITUDE RECOMMENDATIONS
Prolonged clinical follow-up
and seriated MR: 15.5%
Indication for surgery: 37% Prophylactic surgery: 26.6%
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Tamburrini et al,
Child’s Nerv Syst, 2008
• Extensive documentation in literature on
the uncertain correlation between surgical
excision of the cyst and epilepsy control
• One fourth of the patients may have
developmental cortical anomalies far from
the cyst
• Rare concordance between cyst location
and seizures semeiology
• Controlateral EEG anomalies common
……SEIZURES
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Tamburrini et al,
Child’s Nerv Syst, 2008
INTERNATIONAL
SURVEY ON
NEUROSURGICAL ATTITUDE
Prolonged clinical follow-up
and seriated MR: 24.3%
Indication for surgery: 31.1% Prophylactic surgery: 11.1%
RECOMMENDATIONS PSYCHOMOTOR
RETARDATION
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Tamburrini et al,
Child’s Nerv Syst, 2008
•Limited amount of information
concerning psychomotor evaluation
in literature
……PSYCHOMOTOR
RETARDATION
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Tamburrini et al,
Child’s Nerv Syst, 2008
•Most of the data indicating postoperative
cognitive improvement from adults and
from one single research group
(“few selected neuropsychological tests”
“it remains uncertain whether these laboratory test
results reflect true clinical problem for the patient”)
•Anomalies associated to the reduced volume
of the temporal lobe rather than to the
volume of the cyst
•Language dominance preserved on the side
of the cyst
……PSYCHOMOTOR
RETARDATION
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Is there a role for prophylactic surgery? 9 y old boy. Type II Cyst
Prophylactic cyst excision
PRE Immediate
POST
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“Prophylactic” surgical treatment of
Sylvian arachnoid cysts is weighted by
a twofold risk of subdural hygromas (5-7%)
than the natural history of the condition (2-3%)
Fewel et al., 1996, Parsch et al., 1997, Donaldson et al., 2000,
Gelabert-Gonzalez et al, 2002, Tamburrini et al., 2003
…CAN IT AVOID/REDUCE THE RATE OF SUBDURAL
HYGROMAS/ HEMATOMAS?
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Sylvian fissure cysts:
Abnormally
high ICP
SPECT
Hypometabolism
SURGICAL
INDICATION
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Sylvian fissure cysts:
Surgical options:
•Cystoperitoneal shunt
In favor: 1. Easy and
2. Effective operation
• Against: 1.Shunt dependency
2.Plugging of the shunt
by the cyst lining
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Sylvian fissure cysts:
Surgical options:
• Craniotomy and cyst lining excision
/ marsupialization
• Against: 1.Severity of the operation
2.Frequent failures
3.Interference with CSF circulation
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Sylvian fissure cysts:
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Sylvian fissure cysts:
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Preop Postop
Shunt Post
ext drain
Ext drain
COMPLICATIONS
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Sylvian fissure cysts:
•Endoscopic cyst fenestration
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Sylvian fissure cysts:
•Endoscopic cyst fenestration
•Minicraniotomy and
limited cyst membrane excision
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Sylvian fissure cysts:
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Sylvian fissure cysts:
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Sylvian fissure cysts:
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Sylvian fissure cysts:
Post-endoscopic
opening
Pre
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Sylvian fissure cysts:
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Expand in all directions;
Hydrocephalus common
(obstructive or from CSF absorption)
Sellar region cysts:
Varieties:
Intrasellar: typically in adults (mean age:42 yrs)
Suprasellar: typically in children (78% < 1y.o in our series)
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RISK VISUAL
IMPAIRMENT
ENDOCRINE
DYSFUNCTION
(Growth
retardation,
isosexual
precocity)
Sellar region cysts:
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Sellar region cysts:
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Sellar region cysts:
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Sellar region cysts:
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Sellar region cysts:
ENDOSCOPIC APPROACH: cyst opening
into the III ventricle and basal cisterns
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Sellar region cysts:
ENDOSCOPIC APPROACH: cyst opening
into the III ventricle and basal cisterns
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Cerebral convexity cysts:
CHILDREN
Localized skull bulging
Cranial asymmetry without neurological deficits
ADULTS
Increased intracranial pressure
Epilepsy
Neurological deficits
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PRE PRE
POST POST
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Cerebral convexity cysts:
Varieties
•Focal Treatment:
Craniotomy and
cyst wall excision
•Hemispheric Treatment:
Shunting (?)
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Cerebral convexity cysts:
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PRE POST
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Interhemispheric fissure cysts:
Varieties
•Interhemispheric
•Parasagittal
RISK •Hydrocephalus
•Motor deficits
TREATMENT
• Cyst membrane
fenestration (endoscopy, craniotomy)
• Shunting
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Interhemispheric fissure cysts:
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Interhemispheric fissure cysts:
Treatment: Endoscopy!
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INTRA/PARAVENTRICULAR
• Quadrigeminal region /
Tentorial notch
• Subependymal/
paraventricular cysts
• Choroid plexus cysts
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INTRA/PARAVENTRICULAR
Clinical manifestations
• Symptoms of increased
ICP due to obstructive
hydrocephalus in most
cases
• Focal signs (Parinaud,
motor deficits) less
frequent
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Intraventricular cysts treatment: endoscopy
Postop
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LIMITED VENTRICULAR ACCESS DOES NOT REPRESENT A
CONTROINDICATION
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LIMITED VENTRICULAR ACCESS DOES NOT REPRESENT A
CONTROINDICATION
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LIMITED VENTRICULAR ACCESS DOES NOT REPRESENT A
CONTROINDICATION
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Retrocerebellar:
DD from DWC
INFRATENTORIAL
Fastigium
present
Vermis
normal
Scalloping of
occipital bone
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Laterocerebellar
INFRATENTORIAL
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Laterocerebellar
•Cranial nerves
•Related to secondary
Hy
INFRATENTORIAL
Retrocerebellar
•Related to secondary
Hy
•Cerebellar ataxia
Clinical symptoms
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INFRATENTORIAL
Retrocerebellar Laterocerebellar
•Endoscopic cysto-ventriculostomy whenever possible
Management options
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INFRATENTORIAL
Management options
Retrocerebellar Laterocerebellar
•Cyst excision
(open or endoscopic/endoscopic assisted)
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CP shunt Avoid
Supratentorial
Infratentorial