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== Prognosis ==
== Prognosis ==

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Prognosis

Untreated, arachnoid cysts may cause permanent severe neurological damage due to the progressive expansion of the cyst(s) or hemorrhage (bleeding).With treatment most individuals with arachnoid cysts do well with the double edge sword of developing surgical arachnoiditis which can cause its own specific problems and can lead to "popping" another cyst.

More specific prognoses are listed below:

  • Patients with arachnoid cysts of the left temporal fossa who experienced impaired preoperative cognition had postoperative improvement.[1]
  • Surgery can resolve psychiatric manifestations in selected cases.[2]

References

  1. Wester K, Hugdahl K. "Arachnoid cysts of the left temporal fossa: impaired preoperative cognition and postoperative improvement." J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1995 Sep;59(3):293-8. (PMID 7673959)
  2. Kohn R, Lilly RB, Sokol MS, Malloy PF. "Psychiatric presentations of intracranial cysts", J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci 1989; 1:60-66. (PMID 2577719)