"Well, one MRI later, and they discovered that her little spine-adjacent cyst was actually an ovarian cyst. The anatomically ...

Dr Abhishek Mannem, Spine Surgeon and Medical Director, Bangalore Hospitals, Bangalore, explains, “Syringomyelia is a chronic disorder where a fluid-filled cyst, called a syrinx, forms within ...

Perineural cysts known popularly by the eponym Tarlov cysts appear on dorsal nerve roots commonly in the sacral spine. [1] [1] These are a radiological diagnosis with MRI being the gold standard ...

Spinal extradural arachnoid cyst (SEDAC) develops from a protrusion of the arachnoid through a defect in the dura mater in young adulthood. Its location is variable. It is a rare cause of spinal cord ...

Medically reviewed by Jennifer Steinhoff, MD Neural foraminal stenosis is a common condition that can cause symptoms referred ...

Arachnoid cysts are the most common type of brain cyst. They're not tumors, but cysts filled with cerebrospinal fluid (a clear liquid that surrounds your brain and spinal cord).

Figure 2. Transverse MRI at caudal (A–D) and rostral (E–H) level of the cerebellum. The cyst (*) severely compressed the fourth ventricle to the right, the medulla ventrally, and the cerebellum ...

Kidney pain can be caused by any one of numerous conditions. To pinpoint the cause of kidney pain MRIs and CT scans of the ...

In an unusual case, a man's premature, painful ejaculations turned out to have a rare cause: a cyst interfering with nerves near the base of his spinal cord.

Tarlov cysts are a condition where you develop cysts on the nerves of your spine. These pockets of fluid aren't life-threatening, but they can lead to symptoms like pain or muscle weakness.

The Prenuvo full-body MRI scan has been trending on social media. Here's the cost, what it can (and can't) tell you, and what happened when I tried it.

MRI pinpoints the position and extent of spinal cord compression, but CT myelography (CTM) pinpoints the dural defect through which an extradural cyst communicates with the subarachnoid area.