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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: José Eduardo Riceto Loyola Junior, M.D.[2]

Overview

Arachnoid cysts were first described by Richard Bright in 1831.

Historical Perspective

• Arachnoid cysts were first described by Richard Bright in 1831, who called it "serous cyst in the arachnoid" during an autopsy.
• It has been mistakenly thought that it was due to a temporal lobe agenesis during the 1950s.
• Lewis in 1962 wrote a review article first hypothesizing about the causes of arachnoid cysts.
• The condition was only further investigated with the development of the CT scans.