TY - JOUR AU - Gulsen, Salih PY - 2014/06/15 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Symptomatic Fourth Ventricle Arachnoid Cyst Extending to the Upper Border of the Dens of the Axis: A Case Report and Review of the Literature JF - Open Access Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences JA - Open Access Maced J Med Sci VL - 2 IS - 2 SE - C- Case Reports DO - 10.3889/oamjms.2014.050 UR - https://oamjms.eu/index.php/mjms/article/view/oamjms.2014.050 SP - 299-302 AB - <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;" lang="EN-US">Arachnoid cysts are congenital and non-tumorous intra-arachnoid fluid accumulations that make up about 1% of all intracranial space. occupying lesions. We report a patient with a fourth ventricle arachnoid cyst extending to the upper border of the dens of the axis. This patient progressively developed walking difficulty and stiffness in his legs together with difficulty in grasping objects with his hands within one year. The cyst was totally excised and the patient's symptoms improved in the early postoperative period, but he developed intraventricular and intracisternal air which was followed-up conservatively and resolved spontaneously.</span> ER -