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What happens when a subarachnoid cyst bursts due to head injury? is it always life-threatening?
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It depends on many things- size location other illnesses. It is serious but not always life threatining if diagnosed early and treated
Answered 2/28/2023
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Would anticipate if a head injury were severe enough to rupture a subarachnoid cyst, the force would be sufficient to be life-threatening. But the usual closed head injury would neither cause such a rupture nor end in death. It is unusual for subarachnoid cysts to cause any clinical symptoms.
Answered 3/6/2023
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