Clinical Case Reports (Jan 2023)

Galassi type III arachnoid cyst presenting as a migraine of weariness

  • Ahtesham Khizar,
  • Waleed Shahzad,
  • Pradhumna Kumar Yadav

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.6891
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. n/a – n/a

Abstract

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Abstract A 24‐year‐old right‐handed male presented with a 4‐month history of migraine of weariness. Typical accompanying symptoms with migraine like nausea, vomiting, photophobia and aura were not present. Non‐contrast CT brain revealed a left sided large frontotemporoparietal (Galassi Type III) arachnoid cyst. The patient underwent a cystoperitoneal shunt.

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