Questions

[dsilvermoon9]

My son was diagnosed with ADHD and ODD at age 4. Since he was 6 months old he has been experiencing tics. He gets them when he is excited. His arms and legs flapp and if he is sitting down he jumps all around the house. There is a possibility that he might have Tourette's syndrome they are running tests now. He had a eeg in children's hospital of pittsburgh and they said that the eeg came out fine and there was nothing wrong. About two weeks ago my son got really sick and complained of a headache he was vommitting and could not stand light or noise. He was taken to the emergency room and they thought it was the flu. Two days later he was back at the hospital and they did a cat scan and found a arachnoid cyst. This is the results of the ct scan. An unenhanced ct brain scan reveals midline structures are normal in position. No hemorrhage edema or mass effect is seen. A cystic structure seen in left middle cranial fossa measuring 4.5 by 3.4 cm. Ventricles are normal in size. sinusitis is visualized. Bones appear in normal limits. He had an MRI today and here is the radiology report.There is a large CSF signal extra axial mass anteriorly in the left middle cranial fossa with extension into the left parasellar region. This measures 4.6 by 4.5 by 3.6 cm in size. This has localized mass effect on the anterior left temporal lobe and the inferior frontal lobe. There is no restricted diffusion. after contrast, there are no enhancing components. The findings are consistent with a large arachnoid cyst. There is no associated edema or gliosis in the adjacent brain. i am wondering if him having this cyst would be causing the adhd, odd, and tourette's syndrome. there is no one in both sides of my sons family that has ever had any of these diagnoses.