Neglected Tarlov cysts: a case of a Tarlov cyst with spermatorrhea

BACKGROUND: Tarlov cysts are a commonly misdiagnosed condition, which can present with many rare symptoms. We report a case of a Tarlov cyst with spermatorrhea and review the pertinent literature. CASE PRESENTATION: A 42-year-old male patient had a history of spermatorrhea for > 10 years, but was...

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Autores principales: Sun, Pan, Xu, Wangbing, Ye, Yongxiang, Zhong, Faming, Wan, Xuan, Li, Yong
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8106831/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33964972
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40001-021-00514-w
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author Sun, Pan
Xu, Wangbing
Ye, Yongxiang
Zhong, Faming
Wan, Xuan
Li, Yong
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Xu, Wangbing
Ye, Yongxiang
Zhong, Faming
Wan, Xuan
Li, Yong
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description BACKGROUND: Tarlov cysts are a commonly misdiagnosed condition, which can present with many rare symptoms. We report a case of a Tarlov cyst with spermatorrhea and review the pertinent literature. CASE PRESENTATION: A 42-year-old male patient had a history of spermatorrhea for > 10 years, but was incorrectly diagnosed as the patient and the doctors consistently mistook the symptoms for a genitourinary disease. Magnetic resonance imaging showed that two cysts in the sacral canal. The diagnosis was Tarlov cyst. We performed surgery to remove the cyst and the symptoms of spermatorrhea disappeared after the operation. CONCLUSIONS: This case demonstrates that orthopedics and urologists should improve their understanding of Tarlov cysts to avoid misdiagnosis and mistreatment.
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spelling pubmed-81068312021-05-10 Neglected Tarlov cysts: a case of a Tarlov cyst with spermatorrhea Sun, Pan Xu, Wangbing Ye, Yongxiang Zhong, Faming Wan, Xuan Li, Yong Eur J Med Res Case Report BACKGROUND: Tarlov cysts are a commonly misdiagnosed condition, which can present with many rare symptoms. We report a case of a Tarlov cyst with spermatorrhea and review the pertinent literature. CASE PRESENTATION: A 42-year-old male patient had a history of spermatorrhea for > 10 years, but was incorrectly diagnosed as the patient and the doctors consistently mistook the symptoms for a genitourinary disease. Magnetic resonance imaging showed that two cysts in the sacral canal. The diagnosis was Tarlov cyst. We performed surgery to remove the cyst and the symptoms of spermatorrhea disappeared after the operation. CONCLUSIONS: This case demonstrates that orthopedics and urologists should improve their understanding of Tarlov cysts to avoid misdiagnosis and mistreatment. BioMed Central 2021-05-08 /pmc/articles/PMC8106831/ /pubmed/33964972 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40001-021-00514-w Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) ) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data.
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Ye, Yongxiang
Zhong, Faming
Wan, Xuan
Li, Yong
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title_short Neglected Tarlov cysts: a case of a Tarlov cyst with spermatorrhea
title_sort neglected tarlov cysts: a case of a tarlov cyst with spermatorrhea
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8106831/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40001-021-00514-w
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