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May 22, 2009 11:37 PM

arachnoid cyst: posterior fossa with mass effect

Updated May 23, 2009 at 11:18 PM by janfrn

I am an adult ICU nurse with a twelve year old dtr recently diagnosed (after c/o headaches) with an arachnoid cyst in the posterior fossa. First neurosurgeon says she needs a crani, no vp shunt. I would really appreciate any insight from my peds peers. A few questions:

* Is a minimally invasive endoscopic approach possible in this area? It is 3x3x2.5 cm.
* Anyone familiar with neurosurgeons at Shands Gainesville (going to him for second opinion on Friday)?
* What is the recovery course like?
* 1st doc blaming HA on migraines, not the cyst. Any thoughts?
* How much hair will they shave?

With much respect and thanks!


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from janfrn
Old May 23, 2009, 11:22 PM

Default Re: arachnoid cyst: posterior fossa with mass effect
Members, please remember that giving medical information is prohibited by the Terms of Service of allnurses.com. It's beyond the scope of this site to provide any kind of medical or legal advice and could be a liability to the nurse who does so.

keepemsnowed, it could be that your little girl won't lose any hair in this process, if they're able to use the endoscopic approach. Our neurosurgeons only remove as much hair as is absolutely necessary, only a strip a couple of cm wide and maybe twice as long. They move the rest of it out of the way and use Ioban to hold it out of the field.
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