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| Year : 2003 | Volume
: 51
| Issue : 4 | Page : 553--554 |
Tapping of a type II sylvian fissure arachnoid cyst: Technical note
E Pierangeli, N Gigante, C Pizzoni
U.O. di Neurochirugia A.O. “SS. Annunziata”, Via Bruno, 74100, Taranto, Italy
Correspondence Address:
C Pizzoni
Via Monte Soratte 27, 06034 Foligno (PG)
Italy
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A 28-year-old man with a large Sylvian fissure cyst was treated by making a small pre-coronal burr hole, and subsequently, under a direct view its wall was fenestrated with a Cushing’s needle and the cyst fluid was tapped. The patient had complete neurological recovery. The follow-up was of 90 months.
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