Arachnoid cyst with spontaneous chronic subdural hematoma: Case report

authors:

avatar Hosein Mozhdehipanah 1 , avatar Mohammad Sayadnasiri 2 , *

Department of Neurology, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran
Department of Clinical Sciences, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran

how to cite: Mozhdehipanah H, Sayadnasiri M. Arachnoid cyst with spontaneous chronic subdural hematoma: Case report. J Inflamm Dis. 2018;22(4):e156107. 

Abstract

Arachnoid cysts are developmental cerebral disorders that are mostly asymptomatic and diagnosed accidentally on routine brain imaging. Sometimes, these cysts can lead to serious complications such as intracystic and subdural hemorrhage. These hematomas often occur after minor head trauma but in some cases, hemorrhagic complication can occur without obvious predisposing insult. Our reported case is a 19 years old man admitted with acute neurological signs and diagnosed as subdural hematoma and treated without any history of recent head trauma. The only risk factor causing bleeding was arachnoid cyst.