Table 3 Overview of the here reviewed 15 clinical studies and case reports, which presented subjects with frontotemporal arachnoid cysts and cognitive decline as well as other neurological symptoms
From: Case report: a giant arachnoid cyst masking Alzheimer’s disease
Piece of literature | # of patients | Age of patients | Sex | Hemisphere | Interhemispheric | Cognitive impairment | Other symptoms | Surgery |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Amin, 2013 | 1 | 65 | m | right | no | yes | spastic left sided hemiparesis, late onset seizures | no |
Bohnen, 2016 | 1 | 70 | m | left | no | yes | gait disturbance | no |
Gjerde, 2013 | 22 | 22-68 | 12x m/ 10xf | 14x left, 8x right | no | yes (4 pat.) | vertigo (2 pat.), headache (19 pat.), epilepsy (2 pat.) | yes |
Golaz, 1993 | 1 | f | yes | yes | no | no | ||
Hishikawa, 2002 | 1 | 64 | f | left | no | yes | headache, speech disturbance | yes |
Hishikawa, 2002 | 1 | 73 | f | yes | no | right hemiparesis | yes | |
Kotil, 2007 | 1 | 70 | f | yes | yes | vertigo, behavioral disturbance | yes | |
Lebowitz, 2006 | 1 | 33 | m | left | no | yes | no | no |
Miyaji, 2012 | 1 | 68 | m | left | no | yes | headache, acalculia, agraphia, finger agnosia | no |
Ramtahal, 2006 | 1 | 61 | f | yes | yes | gait disturbance, incontinence | yes | |
Shirakawa, 1991 | 1 | 72 | f | right | no | yes | gait disturbance, incontinence | yes |
Sugimoto, 2016 | 1 | 72 | m | yes | yes | gait disturbance, dizziness | yes | |
Wester, 1995 | 13 | 11x m/ 2x f | left | no | no | seizures (3 pat.), hemiparesis (2 pat.), | yes | |
Zwagerman, 2016 | 1 | 49 | f | left | no | no | staring spells, expressive dysphasia, tremor | yes |