Table 1.
Patient characteristics.
| Patient ID | Sex | Presenting Symptoms | Cyst Laterality | Age at Surgery (years) | Follow-up (years) | Preop. Cyst Volume (mL) | Postop. Cyst Volume (mL) | Galassi Type | Postoperative Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Male | Delayed motor development, language difficulties | Left | 13 | 3 | 50 | 22 | 1 | Improved |
| 2 | Male | Paresthesias, headache, dyslexia, difficulties concentrating | Left | 12.75 | 2.5 | 72 | 40 | 1 | Headache resolved |
| 3 | Male | Epilepsy | Right | 11.5 | 0.8 | 18 | 12 | 1 | Seizure free |
| 4 | Female | Nausea and vomiting | Left | 7.75 | 1.5 | 78 | 39 | 2 | Nausea and vomiting resolved |
| 5 | Female | Language and concentration difficulties | Left | 11 | 2.5 | 21 | 11 | 1 | Improved |
| 6 | Female | Language difficulties, headache | Right | 6 | 2 | 341 | 207 | 3 | Unchanged |
| 7 | Male | Tics and paroxysmal perceptual difficulties, headache and retroorbital pain | Left | 7.75 | 1.5 | 18 | 7 | 1 | Improved regarding pain. Tics unchanged |
| 8 | Male | Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and headache | Left | 10.75 | 0.9 | 75 | 4 | 1 | Headache resolved |
| 9 | Female | Precocious puberty and cognitive difficulties | Left | 9 | 1 | 41 | 41 | 1 | Unchanged |
| 10 | Male | Headache and nausea | Right | 7 | 2 | 22 | 24 | 1 | Headache and nausea resolved |
| 11 | Male | Epilepsy | Right | 9.3 | 2.9 | 13 | 3 | 1 | Seizure free |
| 12 | Male | Precocious puberty and cognitive difficulties | Right | 13 | 2 | 55 | 17 | 1 | Improved cognition. |
| 13 | Male | Non-verbal learning difficulties | Right | Diagnosis at 7.5 years | - | 98 | - | 2 | Declined surgery |
| 14 | Female | Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder | Left | Diagnosis at 7.7 years | . | 14 | - | 1 | Normal cognitive test results No surgery |
| 15 | Female | Headache secondary to hygroma, concentration difficutlies | Left | Diagnosis at 12.7 years | 4 | 37 | 1 | Normal cognitive testing Acute hygroma evacuation but no elective surgery for cyst |
Abbreviations. N/A: Not available. Preop: preoperative. Postop: postoperative.