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Bobble-head doll syndrome in an 80-year-old man, associated with a giant arachnoid cyst of the lamina quadrigemina, treated with endoscopic ventriculocystocisternotomy and cystoperitoneal shunt

Authors: Jorge Octavio Olvera-Castro, Hugo Morales-Briceño, Bayron Sandoval-Bonilla, David Gallardo-Ceja, Miguel Angel Venegas-Cruz, Eric Misael Estrada-Estrada, Marisol Contreras-Mota, Gerardo Guinto-Balanzar, Rabindranath Garcia-Lopez

Published in: Acta Neurochirurgica | Issue 8/2017

Abstract

Bobble-head doll syndrome (BHDS) is a rare entity, characterized by antero-posterior head bobbing, which is of the type “yes–yes.” Less frequently, having a head movement of the type “no–no” is described. We report an unusual case of an 80-year-old man with a cystic mass of the lamina quadrigemina, extending to the posterior fossa. We conclude that ventriculocystocisternotomy associated with a cystoperitoneal shunt is an effective treatment for a symptomatic giant arachnoid cyst in the lamina quadrigemina.

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Title: Bobble-head doll syndrome in an 80-year-old man, associated with a giant arachnoid cyst of the lamina quadrigemina, treated with endoscopic ventriculocystocisternotomy and cystoperitoneal shunt
Authors: Jorge Octavio Olvera-Castro
Hugo Morales-Briceño
Bayron Sandoval-Bonilla
David Gallardo-Ceja
Miguel Angel Venegas-Cruz
Eric Misael Estrada-Estrada
Marisol Contreras-Mota
Gerardo Guinto-Balanzar
Rabindranath Garcia-Lopez
Publication date: 01-08-2017
Publisher: Springer Vienna
Published in: Acta Neurochirurgica / Issue 8/2017
Print ISSN: 0001-6268
Electronic ISSN: 0942-0940
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-017-3195-z

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