Intramedullary arachnoid cyst in an adult: Case report and review

Arachnoid cysts in the spine are a rare entity with extradural occurrence being the commonest. Arachnoid cysts in intramedullary location are sparingly reported in elderly. We herein report a case of intramedullary arachnoid cyst in an adult female who presented with features of compressive myelopat...

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Autores principales: Alugolu, Rajesh, Arradi, Vamshidhar, Sahu, B. P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4732251/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26889288
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1793-5482.145054
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description Arachnoid cysts in the spine are a rare entity with extradural occurrence being the commonest. Arachnoid cysts in intramedullary location are sparingly reported in elderly. We herein report a case of intramedullary arachnoid cyst in an adult female who presented with features of compressive myelopathy.
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spelling pubmed-47322512016-02-17 Intramedullary arachnoid cyst in an adult: Case report and review Alugolu, Rajesh Arradi, Vamshidhar Sahu, B. P. Asian J Neurosurg Case Report Arachnoid cysts in the spine are a rare entity with extradural occurrence being the commonest. Arachnoid cysts in intramedullary location are sparingly reported in elderly. We herein report a case of intramedullary arachnoid cyst in an adult female who presented with features of compressive myelopathy. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC4732251/ /pubmed/26889288 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1793-5482.145054 Text en Copyright: © Asian Journal of Neurosurgery http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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title_full Intramedullary arachnoid cyst in an adult: Case report and review
title_fullStr Intramedullary arachnoid cyst in an adult: Case report and review
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title_short Intramedullary arachnoid cyst in an adult: Case report and review
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4732251/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26889288
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