Extensive intradural arachnoid cyst of the lumbar spinal canal: Case report

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 57-59

  Quinones Hinojosa, Alfredo ^a,b   Sanai, Nader ^a   Fischbein, Nancy J ^a   Rosenberg, William S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UCSF Medical Center at Parnassus   (United States)

Author keywords

Arachnoid cyst; Lumbar spine; Nerve root compression; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FENESTRATION; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; LUMBAR SPINE; MYELOGRAPHY; NERVE ROOT; NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; SPINAL ARACHNOID; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD CYST; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VERTEBRAL CANAL;

EID: 0037674867     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-3019(03)00150-2     Document Type: Article

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