What Are the Treatments for Brain Cysts?
Arachnoid cysts, also referred to as brain cysts, are not tumors. Arachnoid cysts are fluid-filled sacs that appear on the arachnoid membrane; this membrane covers the brain and the spinal cord. The cysts usually begin in infancy, as a result of developmental abnormalities in the spinal cord and brain; these are called primary arachnoid cysts. In many cases, because arachnoid cysts are usually asymptomatic (without symptoms) the cysts generally go unnoticed until adolescence. According to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders (NINDS), secondary arachnoid cysts are different. These are cysts that develop as a result of an illness such as meningitis, after a head injury, after brain surgery or as a result of tumors.
