Endoscopic third ventriculostomy for patients with Blake's pouch cyst with adult-onset hydrocephalus: Importance of improved cerebrospinal fluid flow in the prepontine cistern - A case report.

Adult-onset Blake’s pouch cyst Endoscopic third ventriculostomy Hydrocephalus Prepontine cistern

Journal

Surgical neurology international
ISSN: 2229-5097
Titre abrégé: Surg Neurol Int
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101535836

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
2023
Historique:
received: 08 11 2022
accepted: 07 04 2023
medline: 8 5 2023
pubmed: 8 5 2023
entrez: 8 5 2023
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Blake's pouch cyst (BPC) is a posterior fossa cystic malformation that commonly occurs in children with rare adult onset. Herein, we report a case of adult onsets BPC. A 61-year-old man presented with gait and cognitive disturbance. Preoperative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed scarring in the prepontine cistern, and cine phase-contrast MRI revealed no pulsation. Endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV) was performed with opening the scarring in the prepontine cistern. Postoperative cine phase-contrast MRI revealed that cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) flow in the prepontine cistern improved, resolving the patient's symptoms. We report a case of adult-onset BPC. The mechanism by which is becomes symptomatic is still unclear. We opened the scar in prepontine cistern in addition to ETV with good results. In this report, we discussed the importance of the improvement in CSF dynamics in the prepontine cistern.

Sections du résumé

Background UNASSIGNED
Blake's pouch cyst (BPC) is a posterior fossa cystic malformation that commonly occurs in children with rare adult onset. Herein, we report a case of adult onsets BPC.
Case Description UNASSIGNED
A 61-year-old man presented with gait and cognitive disturbance. Preoperative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed scarring in the prepontine cistern, and cine phase-contrast MRI revealed no pulsation. Endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV) was performed with opening the scarring in the prepontine cistern. Postoperative cine phase-contrast MRI revealed that cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) flow in the prepontine cistern improved, resolving the patient's symptoms.
Conclusion UNASSIGNED
We report a case of adult-onset BPC. The mechanism by which is becomes symptomatic is still unclear. We opened the scar in prepontine cistern in addition to ETV with good results. In this report, we discussed the importance of the improvement in CSF dynamics in the prepontine cistern.

Identifiants

pubmed: 37151475
doi: 10.25259/SNI_1026_2022
pii: 10.25259/SNI_1026_2022
pmc: PMC10159282
doi:

Types de publication

Case Reports

Langues

eng

Pagination

155

Informations de copyright

Copyright: © 2023 Surgical Neurology International.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

There are no conflicts of interest.

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Auteurs

Emiko Hori (E)

Department of Neurosurgery, Toyama University, Toyama, Japan.

Takuya Akai (T)

Department of Neurosurgery, Toyama University, Toyama, Japan.

Keitaro Shiraishi (K)

Department of Neurosurgery, Toyama University, Toyama, Japan.

Kunitaka Maruyama (K)

Department of Neurosurgery, Toyama University, Toyama, Japan.

Satoshi Kuroda (S)

Department of Neurosurgery, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan.

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