Symptoms of ventricular cysts

Update Date: 2022-10-12 Source: Network

summary

Brain cyst generally refers to arachnoid cyst, which is a bag like structure formed by cerebrospinal fluid like cystic fluid surrounded by arachnoid membrane. It has two types: congenital and secondary. The former is the most common arachnoid cyst, while the latter is caused by intracranial inflammation, craniocerebral trauma or surgery. The symptom of ventricle cyst tells everybody.

Symptoms of ventricular cysts

The clinical manifestations are related to the location of cysts, including lateral fissure, cerebellopontine area, temporal pole, tetrad area, cerebellar vermis, sellar area and suprasellar area, bilateral interhemispheres, cerebral process, clivus, etc.

Most of the lesions show symptoms in early childhood, including increased intracranial pressure, such as headache, nausea and vomiting, drowsiness, etc; Epilepsy; The skull is bulging; Space occupying effect causes local symptoms or signs.

Suprasellar cyst can also show hydrocephalus, growth retardation, precocious puberty, visual impairment, etc. Because cyst rupture hemorrhage flows into the cyst or subarachnoid space, the condition worsens. The density of the cystic mass was similar to that of cerebrospinal fluid without obvious enhancement. The adjacent skulls were distended and deformed. Cysts in the convexity or middle cranial fossa can compress the ipsilateral ventricle, leading to midline displacement. Cysts in suprasellar, Triassic cistern and posterior fossa can compress the third and fourth ventricle, leading to hydrocephalus.

matters needing attention

For arachnoid cyst without space occupying effect or politics, no treatment is needed regardless of its size or location, but it should be followed up regularly. Surgical treatment is mostly used for patients with symptoms and tension of cyst. The surgical methods include cyst peritoneal shunt, endoscope assisted cyst drainage and cyst wall resection, and craniotomy to remove part of the cyst wall, so that the cyst can communicate with the surrounding cistern.