Chronic posttraumatic lumbar intradural arachnoid cyst with cauda equina compression: case report

Neurosurgery. 1987 Apr;20(4):636-8. doi: 10.1227/00006123-198704000-00024.

Abstract

An unusual case of a chronic posttraumatic lumbar intradural arachnoid cyst causing compression of the cauda equina is reported. The etiological, pathological, and clinical features are discussed. Emphasis is placed on the importance of a correct interpretation of radiological findings.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Arachnoid*
  • Cauda Equina* / diagnostic imaging
  • Cysts / complications*
  • Cysts / diagnostic imaging
  • Cysts / pathology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Myelography
  • Nerve Compression Syndromes / diagnostic imaging
  • Nerve Compression Syndromes / etiology*
  • Spinal Cord Diseases / complications*
  • Spinal Cord Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Spinal Cord Diseases / pathology
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed