Volume 17, issue 2
Case report
Arachnoid cyst in siblings with diagnosed autism spectrum disorder - a case report
Agnieszka Kapinos-Gorczyca1, Piotr Gorczyca1,2, Maciej Kapinos3, Robert Teodor Hese2
1. Dzienny Oddział Psychiatryczny dla Dzieci i Młodzieży, NZOZ „Feniks” w Gliwicach
2. Katedra i Oddział Kliniczny Psychiatrii w Tarnowskich Górach, Śląski Uniwersytet Medyczny
3. Państwowy Szpital dla Nerwowo i Psychicznie Chorych w Rybniku
Postępy Psychiatrii i Neurologii 2008; 17 (2): 171-173
Keywords: autism, arachnoid cyst
Abstract
Objective. This article presents a case of comorbidity of autistic spectrum disorder and arachnoid cyst in a pair of siblings.
Case report. The authors present two brothers, one 2.5-year-old and one 7-year-old, with diagnosed autistic disorder in whom MRI of the head revealed an anarachnoid cyst in the retrocerebellar area.
Commentary. The relatively minor improvement of speech and persistence of other deficits typical for autistic disorder in the older boy following neurosurgery suggest that the present case study belongs to the line of reports on abnormal brain structure in children with autistic disorder.
Address for correspondence:
Dr Piotr Gorczyca
Katedra Psychiatrii, ul. Pyskowicka 49, 42-600 Tarnowskie Góry
e-mail: gormasp@o2.pl