OBJECTIVE: To analyze the association between @entity145 and @entity11757 . METHODS: We reviewed five cases of @entity145 that ruptured, producing acute @entity11757 . The surgical management and diagnostic methods used are assessed. RESULTS: Five male @entity1 ranging in age from 6 to 25 years sustained the rupture of @entity145 , which produced acute @entity11757 . Four of the @entity1 had incurred blunt @entity542 . All @entity1 presented with symptoms referable to @entity428 . The pathognomonic features of a middle fossa @entity145 (MFAC) were noted on the computed tomographic scans and/or magnetic resonance images of each @entity1 . The @entity3609 exerted mass effect on the ipsilateral hemisphere and was noted to be under significant pressure at the time of surgical intervention in each case. Two of the five cases are unique in the literature. In one, a coexisting quadrigeminal cyst ruptured, producing a @entity11757 ipsilateral to the MFAC and dilating the basal cisterns. In the other, the MFAC ruptured into the basal cisterns as well as into the subdural space. The MFAC in each of the remaining three @entity1 ruptured into the subdural space alone. All @entity1 were treated with drainage of the subdural space. In the two @entity1 in whom the basal cisterns were involved, both the @entity3609 and the MFACs failed to change significantly in size. The @entity3609 resolved completely and the MFACs decreased in size considerably in the three @entity1 without cisternal involvement. CONCLUSION: The rupture of an @entity145 can produce a @entity11757 and @entity428 . The latter mandates emergent drainage of the subdural space. In @entity1 in whom the basal cisterns are not dilated by @entity397 , both the MFACs and @entity3609 resolve after subdural drainage.

@entity145 rupture producing @entity11757 and XXXX : case reports.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'patient'] @entity3609 :: ('MESH:D018191', 'Disease') :: ['hygroma', 'hygromas'] @entity428 :: ('MESH:D019586', 'Disease') :: ['intracranial hypertension'] @entity542 :: ('MESH:D006259', 'Disease') :: ['head trauma'] @entity11757 :: ('MESH:D013353', 'Disease') :: ['subdural hygroma', 'subdural hygromas'] @entity145 :: ('MESH:D016080', 'Disease') :: ['arachnoid cysts', 'arachnoid cyst'] @entity397 :: ('MESH:D012421', 'Disease') :: ['cyst rupture']
@entity428 :: (MESH:D019586,Disease) :: ['intracranial hypertension']
