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The Retro-Cerebellar Arachnoidal Cyst: Prognosis and Literature Review
Bagnan JAT1, Aboubakar F1, Olatoundji Z1, Latoundji C1, Obossou AAA2*, Salifou K2, Hounkponou ANF2, Sidi IR2, Vodouhe MM2 and Perrin RX11Department for Mother and Child Care, Faculty of Health Sciences of the University of Abomey-Calavi, Bénin
2Department for Mother and Child Care, Faculty of Medicine, University of Parakou, Benin
- Corresponding Author:
- Awadé Afoukou Achille Obossou
Department for Mother and Child Care
Faculty of Medicine, University of Parakou, Bénin
Tel: 22995853279
E-mail: awadefr2000@yahoo.fr
Received date: May 26, 2017; Accepted date: May 29, 2017; Published date: May 31, 2017
Citation: Bagnan JAT, Aboubakar F, Olatoundji Z, Latoundji C, Obossou AAA, et al. (2017) The Retro-Cerebellar Arachnoidal Cyst: Prognosis and Literature Review. J Preg Child Health 4:330. doi:10.4172/2376-127X.1000330
Copyright: © 2017 Bagnan JAT, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
Arachnoid cysts are collections of cerebrospinal fluid developed within the arachnoid. The arachnoid cyst of the posterior fossa is sometimes responsible for neurological, motor, severe and irreversible disorders. We report a case of an arachnoid retro cerebellar cyst’s antenatal diagnosis on a fetus during an ultrasound performed at 33 WG and confirmed by a MRI at day of life. Treatment consisted of ventriculoperitoneal Shunt at six months of life with immediate decrease of the cyst volume. The eleven-month control found a complete resorption of the arachnoid cyst but a minor psychomotor retardation. It results that the prognosis is mainly related to the presence of associated lesions whose research requires the availability of magnetic resonance imaging.
