Author (year) | Patient profile | Cysts location | Psychiatric symptoms | Other symptoms | Outcome | Proposed pathophysiological mechanism | ||
Sex | Age | Neurosurgery | Improvement (treatment) | |||||
Wahl et al (2019)2 | Male | 66 | Whole fossa | Cognitive impairment | — | No | — | Alzheimer disease |
Mironov et al (2014)3 | Female | 38 | Left temporal | Psychosis insomnia | — | No | Remission (antipsychotics) | — |
Baquero et al (2014)4 | Male | 37 | Right hemisphere | Anhedonia/ anxiety | Episode of involuntary movement of left arm at age 14 | Endoscopic | Remission (escitalopram, quetiapine, mirtazapine, benzodiazepines; no improvement prior to surgery) | — |
Vakis et al (2006)10 | Female | 28 | Left temporal | Insomnia/ anxiety | Headaches | Shunt | Remission (shunt and reduced antipsychotics) | Raised intracranial pressure |
da Silva et al (2007)11 | Male | 21 | Left sylvian fissure | Aggression | — | No | Partial remission (antipsychotics) | Mass effect |