Malignization of an arachnoid cyst

Rossitti, S. L.; Balbo, R. J.

doi:10.1590/S0004-282X1989000100011

Abstracts

A case of evolvement of fibrosarcoma from a supratentorial arachnoid cyst (verified in surgery five years before) is presented, with brief comments on the embryonic origin of the tissues involved.

Cistos aracnóideos representam displasia mesodérmica focal (do neurotélio subdural), sendo sua apresentação clínica decorrente de seu tamanho e localização. No presente caso, um fibrossarcoma originou-se de cisto aracnóideo supratentorial verificado em cirurgia cinco anos antes. A malignização de cistos aracnóideos deve ser muito rara, e esse é provavelmente o primeiro caso relatado na literatura.

Malignization of an arachnoid cyst

Malignização de um cisto aracnóideo

S. L. Rossitti^I; R. J. Balbo^II

^IDepartamento de Neuro-Psiquiatria da Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas (PUCCAMP) e do Departamento de Neurologia e Neurocirurgia do Hospital Vera Cruz e Hospital Municipal Dr. Mario Gatti, Campinas: Médico Residente

^IIDepartamento de Neuro-Psiquiatria da Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas (PUCCAMP) e do Departamento de Neurologia e Neurocirurgia do Hospital Vera Cruz e Hospital Municipal Dr. Mario Gatti, Campinas: Professor Adjunto

SUMMARY

A case of evolvement of fibrosarcoma from a supratentorial arachnoid cyst (verified in surgery five years before) is presented, with brief comments on the embryonic origin of the tissues involved.

RESUMO

Cistos aracnóideos representam displasia mesodérmica focal (do neurotélio subdural), sendo sua apresentação clínica decorrente de seu tamanho e localização. No presente caso, um fibrossarcoma originou-se de cisto aracnóideo supratentorial verificado em cirurgia cinco anos antes. A malignização de cistos aracnóideos deve ser muito rara, e esse é provavelmente o primeiro caso relatado na literatura.

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2. DiPaolo JA, Kotin P - Teratogenesis-oncogenesis: a study of possible relationships. Arch Pathol 81:3, 1966.
3. Go KG, Houthoff HJ, Blaauw EH, Stokroos 1, Blaauw G - Morphology and origin of arachnoid cysts: scanning and electron microscopy of three cases. Acta Neuropathol (Berlin) 44:57, 1978.
4. Kernohan JW, Uihlein A - Sarcomas of the Brain. Charles C. Thomas, Springfield, 1962, pg 30.
5. Lemire RJ, Loeser JD, Leech RW, Alvord EC Jr - Normal and Abnormal Development of the Human Nervous System. Harper & Row, Hagerstown, 1975, pg 280.
6. Lepuschütz H, Sager WD, Schröttner O - Doppelmeningeome mit Arachnoidalzyste: eine seltene Kombination. Computertomographie (Sttutgart) 1:33, 1981.
7. Rahimizadeh A, Kaghazchi M, Haddadian K - Coincidence of an arachnoid cyst of the middle fossa and a pituitary adenoma. Neurosurgery 21:261, 1987.
8. Rengachary SS, Watanabe I - Ultrastructure and pathogenesis of intracranial arachnoid cysts. J Neuropath Exp Neurol 40:61, 1981.
9. Robinsor; RG - The temporal lobe agenesis syndrome. Brain 87:87, 1964.
10. Weir B - Leptomeningeal cysts in congenital ectopia lentis. J Neurosurg 38:650, 1973.
11. Yoshioka H, Ilno S, Ishimura K, Fujiwara K, Morioka Y, Terada N, Sawada T, Kusunoki T, Koyama T - An arachnoid cyst in a 8-year-old boy with neurofibromatosis. Brain Dev 6:551, 1984.

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[1] 1. Allen A, Wiegman TB, MacDougall ML - Arachnoid cyst in a patient with autosomal-dominant polycystic kidney disease. Am J Kidney Dis 8:128, 1986.

[2] 2. DiPaolo JA, Kotin P - Teratogenesis-oncogenesis: a study of possible relationships. Arch Pathol 81:3, 1966.

[3] 3. Go KG, Houthoff HJ, Blaauw EH, Stokroos 1, Blaauw G - Morphology and origin of arachnoid cysts: scanning and electron microscopy of three cases. Acta Neuropathol (Berlin) 44:57, 1978.

[4] 4. Kernohan JW, Uihlein A - Sarcomas of the Brain. Charles C. Thomas, Springfield, 1962, pg 30.

[5] 5. Lemire RJ, Loeser JD, Leech RW, Alvord EC Jr - Normal and Abnormal Development of the Human Nervous System. Harper & Row, Hagerstown, 1975, pg 280.

[6] 6. Lepuschütz H, Sager WD, Schröttner O - Doppelmeningeome mit Arachnoidalzyste: eine seltene Kombination. Computertomographie (Sttutgart) 1:33, 1981.

[7] 7. Rahimizadeh A, Kaghazchi M, Haddadian K - Coincidence of an arachnoid cyst of the middle fossa and a pituitary adenoma. Neurosurgery 21:261, 1987.

[8] 8. Rengachary SS, Watanabe I - Ultrastructure and pathogenesis of intracranial arachnoid cysts. J Neuropath Exp Neurol 40:61, 1981.

[9] 9. Robinsor; RG - The temporal lobe agenesis syndrome. Brain 87:87, 1964.

[10] 10. Weir B - Leptomeningeal cysts in congenital ectopia lentis. J Neurosurg 38:650, 1973.

[11] 11. Yoshioka H, Ilno S, Ishimura K, Fujiwara K, Morioka Y, Terada N, Sawada T, Kusunoki T, Koyama T - An arachnoid cyst in a 8-year-old boy with neurofibromatosis. Brain Dev 6:551, 1984.