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Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms > Pathological Conditions, Anatomical > Cysts > Arachnoid Cysts
Neoplasms > Cysts > Arachnoid Cysts
Nervous System Diseases > Nervous System Neoplasms > Central Nervous System Neoplasms > Central Nervous System Cysts > Arachnoid Cysts
... > Neoplasms > Neoplasms by Site > Nervous System Neoplasms > Central Nervous System Neoplasms > Central Nervous System Cysts > Arachnoid Cysts
Nervous System Diseases > Nervous System Malformations > Central Nervous System Cysts > Arachnoid Cysts
Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities > Congenital Abnormalities > Nervous System Malformations > Central Nervous System Cysts > Arachnoid Cysts

Preferred term

Arachnoid Cysts  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Arachnoid Diverticula
  • Arachnoid Diverticulas
  • Cyst, Leptomeningeal
  • Cysts, Leptomeningeal
  • Diverticula, Arachnoid
  • Diverticulas, Arachnoid
  • Leptomeningeal Cyst
  • Leptomeningeal Cysts

Note

  • non-neoplastic

Scope note

  • Intracranial or spinal cavities containing a cerebrospinal-like fluid, the wall of which is composed of arachnoidal cells. They are most often developmental or related to trauma. Intracranial arachnoid cysts usually occur adjacent to arachnoidal cistern and may present with HYDROCEPHALUS; HEADACHE; SEIZURES; and focal neurologic signs. (From Joynt, Clinical Neurology, 1994, Ch44, pp105-115)

History note

  • 1991

In other languages

  • lukinkalvon kystat

    Finnish

  • araknoidean kysta
  • araknoidean kystat
  • leptomeningeaalikysta
  • leptomeningeaalikystat
  • leptomeningeaalinen kysta
  • leptomeningeaaliset kystat
  • lukinkalvon kysta
  • Araknoidalcystor

    Swedish

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D016080

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