Hemorrhagic arachnoid cyst with third nerve paresis: CT and MR findings

C Ide; B De Coene; C Gilliard; C Pollo; M Hoebeke; C Godfraind; J P Trigaux

Hemorrhagic arachnoid cyst with third nerve paresis: CT and MR findings

AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 1997 Sep;18(8):1407-10.

Authors

C Ide¹, B De Coene, C Gilliard, C Pollo, M Hoebeke, C Godfraind, J P Trigaux

Affiliation

¹ Department of Radiology, Cliniques Universitaires UCL de Mont-Godinne, Yvoir, Belgium.

PMID: 9296178
PMCID: PMC8338129

Abstract

We report the CT and MR appearance of a nontraumatic hemorrhagic arachnoid cyst presenting with a third nerve paresis in a 37-year-old man. The cyst, located in the left suprasellar area, contained a fluid-blood level with stigmata of subacute hemorrhage on both CT and MR studies.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Arachnoid / pathology
Arachnoid Cysts / diagnosis*
Arachnoid Cysts / pathology
Arachnoid Cysts / surgery
Cerebral Hemorrhage / diagnosis*
Cerebral Hemorrhage / pathology
Cerebral Hemorrhage / surgery
Humans
Male
Oculomotor Nerve / pathology
Ophthalmoplegia / diagnosis*
Ophthalmoplegia / pathology
Ophthalmoplegia / surgery
Postoperative Complications / diagnosis
Tomography, X-Ray Computed*