EDITORIAL | VOLUME 17/ISSUE 5, SEPTEMBER 2021

Establishing a neonatal telemedicine service in Liverpool

Fauzia Paize
Consultant Neonatologist, Liverpool Women’s Hospital
fauzia.paize@lwh.nhs.uk

Simon Minford
Advanced Paediatric Nurse Practitioner and Clinical Innovation Consultant, Alder Hey Children’s Hospital

Joanne Minford
Consultant Paediatric and Neonatal Surgeon, Alder Hey Children’s Hospital

Christopher Dewhurst
Consultant Neonatologist, Liverpool Women’s Hospital

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Keywords

arachnoid cyst; antenatal diagnosis; congenital; hydrocephalus; case report

Key points

Rapid enlargement of antenatally diagnosed arachnoid cysts can occur in the perinatal period.
Appropriate postnatal management usually leads to a good outcome (in the absence of other intracranial anomalies and a normal karyotype).
Treatment, if necessary, involves draining the fluid through surgery or shunting.