Sacral epidural noncommunicating arachnoid cyst. Case report and review of the literature

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 473-478

  Sakellaridis, Nikolaos ^a,b   Panagopoulos, Demetrius ^a   Mahera, Helen ^a  

^a KAT National Hospital   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Arachnoid cyst; Cauda equina syndrome; Epidural cyst; Spinal cyst

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUDA EQUINA SYNDROME; CYSTOGRAPHY; DETERIORATION; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; SPINAL CORD CYST; SPINAL EPIDURAL ARACHNOID CYST; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; URODYNAMICS; BRAIN ARACHNOID CYST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; INFANT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; SACRUM;

ARACHNOID CYSTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SACRUM;

EID: 34347270613     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/spi.2007.6.5.473     Document Type: Article

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