Prevalence of Spinal Meningeal Cyst in the Sacrum

Prevalence of spinal meningeal cyst in the sacrum.

Spinal meningeal cysts in the sacrum (SMC) are known to be occasionally symptomatic with low back pain as well as leg pain, but no distinct prevalence of this pathological entity including asymptomatic lesions has been described. This prospective study investigated the prevalence of SMCs based on magnetic resonance (MR) myelography in 102 consecutive Japanese women with gynecological problems, ...

Ventral extradural spinal meningeal cyst causing cord compression: neurosurgical treatment.

Spinal extradural meningeal cysts are typically formed by a thin fibrotic membranous capsule, macroscopically similar that of an arachnoid membrane, filled by cerebro spinal fluid and related to a nerve root or to the posterior midline. Ventral location is extremely rare and when it occurs they usually cause spinal cord herniation through the ventral dural gap. A 61 year-old man who began with ...

Spinal Extradural Meningeal Cyst: Incorrect Radiographic and Clinical Diagnosis Spinal Ekstradural Meningeal Kist: Hatalı Radyografik ve Klinik Tanı

Extradural meningeal cysts are rare lesions and are uncommon causes of spinal cord or nerve compression. Most of these lesions probably remain unrecognized life-long, because they cause no symptoms. With the widespread use of new imaging techniques, asymptomatic spinal extradural meningeal cysts are becoming increasingly common. The therapeutic guidelines have not been well-established yet. Gen...

Epidermal cyst in the spinal cord of a lamb

Symptomatic foraminal extradural meningeal cyst.

The authors described the case of a 39-year-old man with Klippel-Trénaunay syndrome, who had an extradural meningeal cyst expanding into intervertebral foramen of lumbar 2 and 3 vertebrae. The patient suffered from low back pain radiating to the left lower extremity. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed a huge extradural meningeal cyst growing through intervertebral foramen far laterally. A wide...