Tarlov cysts in a 49-year-old woman presenting with bilateral lower-extremity radiculopathy: A case report

Tarlov cysts in a 49-year-old woman presenting with bilateral lower-extremity radiculopathy: A case report

Tarlov cysts are an uncommon and often incidentally noted source of low back pain in women. Because these cysts can be asymptomatic, they can be overlooked on radiological imaging. This case is of a 49-year-old woman who presented with a chronic history of low back pain and bilateral radiculopathy w...

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Main Authors: Hisham Kassem, Ivan Urits, Jamal Hasoon, Alan D. Kaye, Omar Viswanath
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-10-01
Series:Case Reports in Women's Health
Subjects:
Tarlov cysts
Lumbar radiculopathy
Low back pain
Radiological imaging
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214911220300783
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spelling doaj-10c7d943a28a4c5dadbf3e5d6f01953f2020-11-25T04:03:11ZengElsevierCase Reports in Women's Health2214-91122020-10-0128e00248Tarlov cysts in a 49-year-old woman presenting with bilateral lower-extremity radiculopathy: A case reportHisham Kassem0Ivan Urits1Jamal Hasoon2Alan D. Kaye3Omar Viswanath4Department of Anesthesiology, Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami Beach, FL, United States of America; Corresponding author at: Department of Anesthesiology, Mount Sinai Medical Center, 4300 Alton Road, Miami Beach, FL 33140, United States of America.Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States of AmericaBeth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States of AmericaDepartment of Anesthesiology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, LA, United States of AmericaDepartment of Anesthesiology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, LA, United States of America; Valley Anesthesiology and Pain Consultants – Envision Physician Services, Phoenix, AZ, United States of America; Department of Anesthesiology, University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ, United States of America; Department of Anesthesiology, Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, NE, United States of AmericaTarlov cysts are an uncommon and often incidentally noted source of low back pain in women. Because these cysts can be asymptomatic, they can be overlooked on radiological imaging. This case is of a 49-year-old woman who presented with a chronic history of low back pain and bilateral radiculopathy who on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was found to have multiple Tarlov cysts. This case illustrates the need for large observational studies to show the incidence of Tarlov cysts as a cause of low back pain in women.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214911220300783Tarlov cystsLumbar radiculopathyLow back painRadiological imaging
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author Hisham Kassem
Ivan Urits
Jamal Hasoon
Alan D. Kaye
Omar Viswanath
spellingShingle Hisham Kassem
Ivan Urits
Jamal Hasoon
Alan D. Kaye
Omar Viswanath
Tarlov cysts in a 49-year-old woman presenting with bilateral lower-extremity radiculopathy: A case report
Case Reports in Women's Health
Tarlov cysts
Lumbar radiculopathy
Low back pain
Radiological imaging
author_facet Hisham Kassem
Ivan Urits
Jamal Hasoon
Alan D. Kaye
Omar Viswanath
author_sort Hisham Kassem
title Tarlov cysts in a 49-year-old woman presenting with bilateral lower-extremity radiculopathy: A case report
title_short Tarlov cysts in a 49-year-old woman presenting with bilateral lower-extremity radiculopathy: A case report
title_full Tarlov cysts in a 49-year-old woman presenting with bilateral lower-extremity radiculopathy: A case report
title_fullStr Tarlov cysts in a 49-year-old woman presenting with bilateral lower-extremity radiculopathy: A case report
title_full_unstemmed Tarlov cysts in a 49-year-old woman presenting with bilateral lower-extremity radiculopathy: A case report
title_sort tarlov cysts in a 49-year-old woman presenting with bilateral lower-extremity radiculopathy: a case report
publisher Elsevier
series Case Reports in Women's Health
issn 2214-9112
publishDate 2020-10-01
description Tarlov cysts are an uncommon and often incidentally noted source of low back pain in women. Because these cysts can be asymptomatic, they can be overlooked on radiological imaging. This case is of a 49-year-old woman who presented with a chronic history of low back pain and bilateral radiculopathy who on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was found to have multiple Tarlov cysts. This case illustrates the need for large observational studies to show the incidence of Tarlov cysts as a cause of low back pain in women.
topic Tarlov cysts
Lumbar radiculopathy
Low back pain
Radiological imaging
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214911220300783
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