Neurological syndromes following arachnoid cyst is a rear complication of aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage which is less than 1%. The best treatment option is complete removal of these bubbles. Posterior cysts are accessible to complete surgical resection without spinal cord damage. Anterior cysts are often managed with a cystoperitoneal shunt. However, Patients with associated arachnoiditis...

To cite: Yildirim D, Tutar B, Bas A, et al. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2013008732 DESCRIPTION Synovial cysts of the cervical spine are extremely rare. We describe a case concerning a 57-year-old woman who presented with uncertain cause of odontoid fracture, resulting in a cystic lesion compressing the upper cervical spinal cord. She had a hist...

Intramedullary epidermoid cysts of the spinal cord are rare tumors. They are slow-growing tumors. We report a case of a 74-year-old patient presenting with thoracic spinal cord compression syndrome (T11-12). The magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed an intramedullary cystic mass. It demonstrated low signal intensity on T1and high signal intensity on T2-weighted images, with minimal peripheral...

The clinical course and radiographic studies were reviewed of eight patients with posttraumatic spinal cord fissures (rents in the spinal cord communicating with the subarachnoid space). Five patients had spinal cord fissures associated with symptomatic intramedullary cysts that required shunting to alleviate progressive neurologic deficits and intractable pain. Their metrizamide myelograms sho...

Extradural archnoid spinal cysts are rare lesions. Their localization is usually the thoracic spine. Clinically, they are a cause of spinal cord and/ or nerve roots compression. The diagnosis is made by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The pathophysiology is not well known and seems to be different from intradural lesions. The best treatment is surgery. We report the case of a 5-year-old girl ...

Arachnoid cysts are a congenital disorder, and most cases begin during infancy; however, onset may be delayed until adolescence. Here we present an unusual case of atypical Paraplegia with Lymphoedema, with onset during adolescence and rapid progression in a young female patient who showed the characteristic appearance of cyst on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of spinal cord. This report inte...

The authors describe a patient who presented with acute tetraparesis and a proposed acute traumatic spinal cord injury that was the result of nitrous oxide myelopathy. This 19-year-old man sustained a traumatic fall off a 6-ft high wall. His examination was consistent with a central cord syndrome with the addition of dorsal column impairment. Cervical MRI demonstrated an isolated dorsal column ...

Background and Importance: Perineural cysts, also known as Tarlov cysts, are benign cysts of the spinal cord containing a collection of cerebrospinal fluid. They most frequently originate in the sacral spine and can be asymptomatic. Case Presentation: We presented a 30-year-old woman who was referred to our clinic with an 8-month history of perianal paresthesia, slowly progressive lo...