Symptomatic Anterior Cervical Arachnoid Cyst Development after Excision of a Posterior Thoracic Arachnoid Cyst
作者
Kwo-Chi Hu, Cheng-Kuei Chang, Cheng-Chia Tsai, Si-Huei Lee, Daniel T H Chin
卷期/出版年月
36卷6期 (2003/12)
頁次
285-289
摘要
Intradural spinal arachnoid cysts are relatively uncommon lesions that may be single or multiple. Most cysts are found posterior to the thoracic spinal cord. Those located anterior to the spinal cord in the cervical spine region are rare. We report a 30-year-old woman in whom an anterior cervical intradural arachnoid cyst became symptomatic after complete surgical resection of a posterior thoracic intradural arachnoid cyst. The cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) flow may have been altered by the initial operation in such a way as to allow the cervical cyst to became symptomatic. She was treated with direct fenestration and shunting of the anterior cyst with eventual complete resolution of her symptoms one year postoperatively.