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. 2024 Apr-Jun;15(2):404-406.
doi: 10.25259/JNRP_554_2023. Epub 2024 Feb 24.

Spontaneous rupture of arachnoid cyst

Harnoor Kaur Mamik  1 , Mahesh Kuldeep  1 , Virendra Deo Sinha  1
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Spontaneous rupture of arachnoid cyst

Harnoor Kaur Mamik et al. J Neurosci Rural Pract. 2024 Apr-Jun.
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Figures

Figure 1:
Figure 1:
Pre-operative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) – T1-weighted image showing a ruptured arachnoid cyst in axial, sagittal, and coronal sections (upper) and pre-operative MRI – T2-weighted image showing a ruptured left temporal arachnoid cyst with bilateral subdural hygroma (lower).
Figure 2:
Figure 2:
Histopathological images showing fibrocollagenous tissue with cuboidal to columnar epithelial lining suggestive of arachnoid cyst in (a) low-power and (b) high-power fields.
See this image and copyright information in PMC

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