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 ...

In the present article, we report a patient presenting a compressive thoracic myelopathy due to an unusual intradural arachnoid cyst with posttraumatic manifestation and its resolution, in addition to ...

Nagpur: Taking a step ahead in a minimally invasive procedure, a team of doctors in a city hospital conducted an endoscopic brain surgery through a sm.

Arachnoid cysts (ACs) are benign, discrete pockets of CSF. Explore more about the causes, symptoms, and treatments of ACs below.

Using an integrated multiomics approach, a recent Yale-led study found that arachnoid cysts may serve as radiographic biomarkers for neuropathologies.