A marsupialized retrovermian arachnoid cyst and psychotic symptoms.

J Surg Case Rep

Department of Mental Health, Psychiatry and Medical Psychology, Erasme Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 1070 Brussel, Belgium.

Published: August 2017

In this article, we report a male patient that developed psychotic symptoms after the excision of an arachnoid cyst from the posterior fossa detected by magnetic resonance and subsequent clinical improvement after anti-psychotic treatment.

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