STEREOTAXICALLY GUIDED ENDOSCOPY FOR THE TREATMENT OF ARACHNOID CYSTS

Arachnoid cysts are well known to the neurosurgeon, and the evolution of their surgical treatment has followed technological advances in neu rosurgical procedures and techniques. With the recent mastering of neu roendoscopy by the neurosurgeons, it is becoming the modality of choic e for the treatment of arachnoid cysts. A neonate harboring a middle p arasagittal arachnoid cyst benefited from stereotactically guided endo scopy. We report this case because of its peculiarities and introduce technical details about the procedure which are not found in the liter ature.