A 39-year-old female with an intraspinal extradural arachnoid cyst of the lumbar spine presented with intermittent radiating lumbar pain. The magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed a dorsal spinal ...

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 cysts ...

We studied six patients with insidious progression of paraparesis caused by thoracic and thoracolumbar spine type III spinal meningeal cyst and intradural arachnoid cyst, who underwent microsurgical ...

Arachnoid cysts (ACs) are benign, discrete pockets of CSF (cerebrospinal fluid) or CSF-like fluids, accounting for 1% of all intracranial space-occupying lesions. Commonly observed during childhood, ...

Syringomyelia is a medical condition that can sound confusing, but it’s easier to understand with an example. Imagine your spinal cord as a thick cable that carries messages between your brain and the ...