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Egyptian Journal of Neurosurgery
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From: An arachnoid cyst rupture complicated with subdural hygroma in a middle-aged woman: a case report and review of the literature

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Initial unenhanced CT scan of the head which obtained because of the headache onset at the 4th day after minor head trauma to the left temporal bone. Axial view shows a rectangular-shaped lesion of cerebrospinal fluid density (Hounsfield unit, + 8) filling the middle cranial fossa just at the anatomic site of Sylvian fissure consistent with Galassi type II arachnoid cyst (asterisk).A small subdural collection at the left frontal region connecting to the cyst is also evident (orange arrow). Moreover, thinning of the ipsilateral temporal bone was seen (yellow-filled arrows)

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