Symptomatic spinal intradural arachnoid cyst development after lumbar myelography: Case report and review of the literature

Spine

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 568-572

  Kriss, Timothy C ^a   Kriss, Vesna Martich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

arachnoid cyst; lumbar puncture; myelography; spine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUDA EQUINA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MYELOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULOPATHY; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD CYST; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ARACHNOID CYSTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MYELOGRAPHY; SPINAL PUNCTURE;

EID: 0030890036     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199703010-00023     Document Type: Article

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