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Ann Med Surg (Lond)
; 75: 103468, 2022 Mar.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-35386810
RESUMO
Very few pediatric cases of arachnoid cyst of ponto-cerebellar angle are described in the literature. Only 4 are described with hearing loss. It is a pathology which poses especially a problem of early diagnosis. In this paper we describe the management of a 16-year-old patient with an arachnoid cyst of the cerebellopontine angle with an isolated auditory deficit that was treated surgically. The follow up was marked by a Full recovery of hearing after surgical treatment. Arachnoid cyst of the cerebellopontine angle is rare in the pediatric population. early surgical management help to increase the chances of recovery.