Solitary symptomatic spinal extradural arachnoid cyst needing surgical treatment: A series of three cases

Extradural arachnoid cysts are rare lesions which may produce symptoms by compressing the spinal cord or nerve roots. Surgery is the treatment of choice in such lesions but asymptomatic patients can be managed conservatively. We present three cases of symptomatic extradural arachnoid cysts managed a...

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Published in:	Journal of Spinal Surgery
Main Authors:	Srikant Balasubramaniam, Devendra K Tyagi, Hemant V Savant, Zafar Ahmed Sheikh
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2016-01-01
Subjects:	arachnoid cyst dorsal cord extradural cyst meningeal cyst. key messages: extradural arachnoid cysts are rare lesions which may produce symptoms by compressing the spinal cord or nerve roots. surgery is the treatment of choice in such lesions but asymptomatic patients can be managed conservatively. symptomatic patients have good results with surgical excision of the cyst.
Online Access:	https://journals.lww.com/10.5005/jp-journals-10039-1076