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Arachnoid Cyst of the Posterior Cranial Fossa: (Left) T1-weighted axial MRI; (Right) T2-weighted axial image. Note the large cystic lesion in the posterior fossa. As the cyst contains fluid, it is ...
Spinal extradural arachnoid cyst (SEDAC) is a rare cause of spinal cord compression [1]. Its thoracic location is the most frequent (65%), the lumbosacral region (13%), thoraco-lumbar (12%), sacral (7 ...
Arachnoid cysts are fluid-filled brain cysts that you can be born with or that develop later on. Learn more about the causes, symptoms, and treatment.
We present a man in his 60s with a dorsal thoracic arachnoid web spanning levels T6-T8. The patient presented with gait abnormalities, severe neuropathic lower back pain and mild urinary incontinence ...
There are six main types of brain cysts: arachnoid, pineal, colloid, dermoid, epidermoid, and neoplastic. Learn more about them here.
Their presentation remains varied, ranging from pain to progressive neurological deficits. Here, we present two cases of patients with thoracic arachnoid cysts that posed a diagnostic dilemma at ...
Arachnoid cysts are rare; they can occur at all levels of the dural sac, and can have a congenital, traumatic, iatrogenic or inflammatory origin. In the present article, we report a patient presenting ...
This story is from May 19, 2023 To avoid major surgery, doctors treat cyst in brain through a hole Chaitanya Deshpande / May 19, 2023, 08:14 IST AA Follow us ...
Arachnoid cysts (ACs) are benign, discrete pockets of CSF (cerebrospinal fluid) or CSF-like fluids, accounting for 1% of all intracranial space-occupying lesions.
Arachnoid cysts are cerebrospinal fluid-filled arachnoid cysts that develop between two membrane layers of the brain — the arachnoid membrane and pia mater. According to Kundishora and Allington, ...