Laura Danesin, Andreina Giustiniani, Giorgio Arcara, Francesca Burgio
Financial Decision-Making in Neurological Patients
Brain sciences
recent years reevaluation regarding clinical implications temporal lobe arachnoid cysts temporal arachnoid cysts children cysts often considered asymptomatic symptomatic causing focal neurological symptoms signs increased intracranial pressure however several studies recently reported cognitive symptoms improving surgery study aimed evaluate reported cognitive improvement surgery temporal arachnoid cysts stable five years ten consecutive children 1465 range 12119415 assessed cognitively five years microneurosurgical fenestration temporal arachnoid cyst results compared results pre postsurgical evaluations evaluations included wechslerscales boston naming test bnt rey auditory verbal learning test ravlt verbal fluency test fas rey complex figure test rcft analysis revealed significant postsurgical improvement compared baseline wechslerscales measures general intelligence fsiq verbal abilities vci processing speed psi mean differences surgery 83 fsiq p 0026 85 vi p 01 99 psi p 003 significant differences mean test results comparing postsurgical scores scores five years surgery indicating longterm stability improvements results indicate affected cognitive functions children temporal arachnoid cysts improve surgery improvements remain stable five years later improvements long term stability also consistent experience parents children findings provide strong argument neurosurgical fenestration temporal arachnoid cysts children