Open AccessMicrosurgical excision of a compressive thoracic arachnoid cyst: Technical pearls
Author(s) -
Glauser Gregory,
Petrov Dmitriy,
Choudhri Omar
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.2420
Subject(s) - medicine , arachnoid cyst , surgery , spinal cord , thoracic vertebrae , anatomy , cyst , lumbar , lumbar vertebrae , psychiatry
The key clinical message of this case is that it is critical to differentiate between arachnoid cysts and spinal cord herniation. This is performed by evaluating the ventral dura to assure that it remains intact.