Dr. Phil Stieg: Arachnoid Cysts in Brief

Dr. Philip E. Stieg, Chair and Neurosurgeon-in-Chief of NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center and Margaret and Robert J. Hariri, MD ’87, PhD ’87 Professor of Neurological Surgery at Weill Cornell Medicine, provides a brief explanation of arachnoid cysts in the brain - what it is, what risk it presents, and how it can be treated. For more information about arachnoid cysts and other brain conditions, visit

[marjanbuning]

And for all the doc's in the world who are reading this we NEED CARE! We patients are really suffering stop turning us away. I almost died! Because of reputations where more important than my life I lost everything I loved because of far to late intervention. My Story is not a single incident! It happens a lot with my people.

[marjanbuning]

My only mission now is that nobody in the world will ever suffer like I had to. I lost everything I loved! Everything! I been gaslighted so bad by doctors that it almost cost my life. I'm mad very mad. And it is really my life mission that nobody ever will suffer in the world like I have!

[Kenelm-qe]

I recently had a brain MRI and detected a 3.5×1 cm probable arachnoid cyst at the left temporal node causing pressure effect to adjacent brain. I don't have any symptoms. Should I be concerned about this?

[nellie...]

Informative helpful. Do health insurance cover treatment or procedures?

[stevenwilliams]

I have a cyst at my C-1 level, Dr. said we will keep an eye one YIKES

[marjanbuning]

Do we patients with a symptomatic arachnoid cyst get an excuse for more than 40 years of medical gaslighting by you and your colleagues worldwide?... And finally, outdated and incorrect information that is still published is removed. I almost died, my arachnoid cyst was monitored since the late 1990s... I did not even get a painkiller, my arachnoid cyst was the size of a mango... in 2014 the symptoms became worse and I had to suffer from hydrocephalus until 2021. proptosis, midline shift over 7 mm, mass effect... more than 7 years of hellish pain... I suffered permanent brain damage due to late intervention. I'm not the only one in the world who has had to fight so hard to get help. most of my fellow patiënts are going through hell with doctors sending us away. many of us have been left handicapped for life by intervention far too late. We deserve a sincere apology. I am one of the arachnoid cyst warriors. I am from the Netherlands.

[Tash_TravelerFL]

Who do I contact for genuine help? I live in Florida and have Medicaid. Diagnosed with two left frontal parietal arachnoid cysts over 5 years ago and my life revolves around my worsening symptoms. Medication doesn’t work and I refuse narcs. I’m 38 and should be an RN and enjoying my children but I can’t do anything.

[noorsoltani]

So after the surgery the headache gone