Growth and Disappearance of Arachnoid Cysts

Cognitive and Psychotic Symptoms in a Patient with Infratentorial Arachnoid Cyst: Case Report

“…So, we may presume that cognitive deficit was the result of cyst enlargement and that during his years of schooling the cyst was smaller and did not cause any pressure on the surroundings, and therefore his cognitive symptoms where not present or at least not to such an extent. There is evidence that cysts may grow considerably in childhood, thus indicating an increasing intracystic pressure over time 18 . The association between arachnoid cysts at this localization and psychotic symptoms is poorly researched.…”