Thoracic Spinal Intramedullary Arachnoid Cyst Presented with Myelopathy with Marked Postoperative Improvement: A Case Report and Review of Literature

Intramedullary spinal cord arachnoid cysts are rare. So, we present an interesting case of adult male presented with myelopathic symptoms and signs. Further investigations revealed a finding of thoracic intramedullary cystic lesion, found postoperatively to be an arachnoid cyst. Patient improved rem...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Shaaban, Ahmed, Abdelrahman, Amrou, Jarir, Raed Abu, Al-Bozom, Issam, Raza, Ali
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2019
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6703067/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31497146
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ajns.AJNS_72_19
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Sumario:Intramedullary spinal cord arachnoid cysts are rare. So, we present an interesting case of adult male presented with myelopathic symptoms and signs. Further investigations revealed a finding of thoracic intramedullary cystic lesion, found postoperatively to be an arachnoid cyst. Patient improved remarkably postoperative and during follow up period.

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