Conus Medullaris Arachnoid Cyst Presenting as Cauda Equina Syndrome

Intradural arachnoid cysts are a rare cause of spinal cord and nerve root compression. Primarily, they are present in the thoracic region posteriorly. We report a 25-year-old man who had an intradural arachnoid cyst at the level of conus medullaris presenting with cauda equina syndrome, which is ver...

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Autores principales: Sharif, Salman, Afsar, Afifa, Qadeer, Mohsin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5652101/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29114289
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ajns.AJNS_36_15
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description Intradural arachnoid cysts are a rare cause of spinal cord and nerve root compression. Primarily, they are present in the thoracic region posteriorly. We report a 25-year-old man who had an intradural arachnoid cyst at the level of conus medullaris presenting with cauda equina syndrome, which is very rare.
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spelling pubmed-56521012017-11-07 Conus Medullaris Arachnoid Cyst Presenting as Cauda Equina Syndrome Sharif, Salman Afsar, Afifa Qadeer, Mohsin Asian J Neurosurg Case Report Intradural arachnoid cysts are a rare cause of spinal cord and nerve root compression. Primarily, they are present in the thoracic region posteriorly. We report a 25-year-old man who had an intradural arachnoid cyst at the level of conus medullaris presenting with cauda equina syndrome, which is very rare. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017 /pmc/articles/PMC5652101/ /pubmed/29114289 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ajns.AJNS_36_15 Text en Copyright: © 2017 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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Conus Medullaris Arachnoid Cyst Presenting as Cauda Equina Syndrome
title Conus Medullaris Arachnoid Cyst Presenting as Cauda Equina Syndrome
title_full Conus Medullaris Arachnoid Cyst Presenting as Cauda Equina Syndrome
title_fullStr Conus Medullaris Arachnoid Cyst Presenting as Cauda Equina Syndrome
title_full_unstemmed Conus Medullaris Arachnoid Cyst Presenting as Cauda Equina Syndrome
title_short Conus Medullaris Arachnoid Cyst Presenting as Cauda Equina Syndrome
title_sort conus medullaris arachnoid cyst presenting as cauda equina syndrome
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5652101/
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