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A Rare Case Report of Spinal Cord Compression by multiple extra Dural Arachnoid Cyst at Thoracic Level
International Journal of Case Reports in Orthopaedics · 2021 · Vol. 3(1) · pp. 69–71
Rajesh K Ambulgekar✉(Sanskriti Samvardhan Mandal)R. Agrawal(Sanskriti Samvardhan Mandal)
Abstract
The patient was a 18 year young male with chief complaint of difficulty in walking & progressive weakness in left lower limb was diagnosed as having space occupying lesion causing cord compression leading to muscular weakness. There was drastic & immediate recovery after excision of extradural mass from D3 to D9. A spinal extradural arachnoid cyst is a relatively rare disease.
Spinal Dysraphism and MalformationsCerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalusSpine and Intervertebral Disc PathologyMedicineArachnoid cystWeaknessSpinal cord compressionSurgeryLesionSpinal cordCystAnatomy
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