Table 1 Main preoperative complaint for different cyst locations
ComplaintLocation of cyst
Temporal (%)Frontal (%)Posterior fossa (%)Other (%)
Headache88 (77.9)15 (62.5)11 (92.3)2 (40.0)
Epilepsy14 (12.4)*8 (33.3)†1 (7.8)3 (60.0)
Dizziness/nausea27 (24.8)2 (8.3)8 (61.5)‡2 (40.0)
Dyscognition8 (7.1)4 (16.7)1 (8.3)
  • Some patients had more than one complaint

  • *Less frequent than for other locations (p = 0.029).

  • †More frequent than for other locations (p = 0.005).

  • ‡More frequent than for other locations (p = 0.019).