Anterior cervical arachnoid cyst with spinal cord compression.
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Dr. Wuilker Knoner Campos – Rua João Pio Duarte Silva 1206 88037-001 Florianópolis SC Brasil. Email: [email protected] Anterior cervical arachnoid cysts are rare lesions and despite of the large experience of the departments of neurosurgery worldwide, few cases in this localization have been reported. Most intradural arachnoid cysts are located in the thoracic region posterior to the spinal cord. We present a patient with progressive spinal cord compression caused by an intradural spinal arachnoid cyst that involved to spinal cord ischemic. Ethics committee of the Hospital has approved this case report and the patient’s parents gave their informed consent.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria
دوره 66 2A شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2008