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SM Journal of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

An Unusual, Acute Presentation of Thoracic Spinal Arachnoid Cyst

[ ISSN : 3067-9982 ]

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Received: 01-Feb-2018

Accepted: 19-Feb-2018

Published: 21-Feb-2018

Case Report | Volume 4 - Issue 1 | Article DOI :

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Kristina Lim, Marwa Nouri, Ammar Haffar and Rida Mazagri*

Department of Neurosurgery, Marshall University Joan C Edwards School of Medicine, USA

Corresponding Author:

Rida Mazagri, Department of Neurosurgery, Marshall University Joan C Edwards School of Medicine, Huntington, WV, USA, Tel: 3046918850.

Keywords

Arachnoid cyst; Thoracic spine; Acute neurological deficit

Abstract

Background: Spinal arachnoid cysts are usually asymptomatic. In those that produce symptoms, the progression is typically gradual, unless a hemorrhage occurs within the cyst. We present a case of a thoracic spinal arachnoid cyst, with an unusual acute onset of symptoms requiring surgical treatment.

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e Lim K, Nouri M, Haffar A and Mazagri R. An Unusual, Acute Presentation of Thoracic Spinal Arachnoid Cyst . SM J Neurol Disord Stroke. 2018; 4(1): 1016.