Cut it out or wait it out? Case series of middle fossa arachnoid cysts presenting with psychiatric symptoms and a discussion of the ethics of neurosurgical management

作     者：Petrus Johannes Steyn Leigh Luella Van den Heuvel Petrus Johannes Steyn;Leigh Luella Van den Heuvel

作者机构：PsychiatryStellenbosch University Faculty of Medicine and Health SciencesCape TownSouth Africa 

出 版 物：《General Psychiatry》 (综合精神医学（英文）)

年 卷 期：2021年第34卷第6期

页      面：1-4,I0001页

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学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100205[医学-精神病与精神卫生学] 10[医学] 

主　　题：symptoms psychiatric eventually 

摘      要：Arachnoid cysts have been linked to neuropsychiatric *** describe two patients presenting with dissociative and manic symptoms believed to be associated with middle fossa arachnoid *** were managed medically and remitted eventually,but symptoms were *** briefly review the literature to discuss mechanisms by which cysts could cause symptoms and consider whether neurosurgical management would be *** neurosurgery can be considered,its role is currently limited by practical and ethical considerations.