Case Report: Two patients with a posterior fossa arachnoid cyst responsible for isolated facial nerve palsy are reported.

Discussion: The relationships between the cyst and the facial nerve and between the facial nerve palsy and the size variation of the cyst are discussed and documented by pre- and postoperative magnetic resonance imaging.

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