Intrasacral extradural arachnoid cysts - Three case reports

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 223-226

  Hamamcioglu, Mustafa Kemal ^a   Hicdonmez, Tufan ^a   Kilincer, Cumhur ^a   Cobanoglu, Sebahattin ^a  

^a TRAKYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Arachnoid cyst; Low back pain; Magnetic resonance imaging; Sacral meningocele

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARACHNOID CYST; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DURA MATER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRASACRAL EXTRADURAL ARACHNOID CYST; LAMINECTOMY; LEG PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SACRUM; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION;

ADULT; ARACHNOID CYSTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; SACRUM;

EID: 44349157150     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: 13498029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.48.223     Document Type: Article

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