Post traumatic spinal arachnoid cysts
β Scribed by F. Lesoin; M. Rousseau; C. E. Thomas; M. Jomin
- Publisher
- Springer Vienna
- Year
- 1984
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 900 KB
- Volume
- 70
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0001-6268
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The case of 16-year-old boy with a spinal extradural arachnoid cyst is presented. An extradural arachnoid diverticulum extending from T10 to L1 was excised totally with hemilaminectomy. Surgery caused prompt improvement of the neurological deficit. The pertinent literature is reviewed.
Post-traumatic or spontaneous rupture of an arachnoid cyst resulting in a subdural haematoma is rare. Much more rarely, a ruptured arachnoid cyst may be present with a subdural CSF collection without evidence of haemorrhage. These are most commonly seen in the middle cranial fossa, where arachnoid c