Intramedullary arachnoid cyst: A rare cause of medullary compression-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Intramedullary arachnoid cyst: A rare cause of medullary compression

Published:2022-07-28 Issue:2 Volume:13 Page:35-38
ISSN:0976-3198
Container-title:International Journal of Case Reports and Images
language:en
Short-container-title:Int J Case Rep Images

Author:

Niyonzima Oscar¹,Gaye Sakho Magatte²,Ibrahima Fondo Alidji³,Faye Mohameth³,Nzisabira Jean Michel¹,Bakhoum Mbagnick⁴

Affiliation:

1. Resident in Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosurgery, Fann Teaching Hospital, Cheikh Anta Diop Avenue, Postal Address 5035, Dakar, Senegal

2. 2Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosurgery, Idrissa Pouye General Hospital, Grand Yoff, Postal Address 3270, Dakar, Senegal

3. Neurosurgeon, Department of Neurosurgery , Idrissa Pouye General Hospital, Grand Yoff, Postal Address 3270, Dakar, Senegal

4. Neurologist, Department of Internal Medicine, Idrissa Pouye General Hospital, Grand Yoff, Postal Address 3270, Dakar, Senegal

Abstract

This clinical case of intramedullary arachnoid cyst is the second reported case in Senegal. It concerns a 50-yearold woman, with no particular history, admitted for back pain associated with intermittent spinal claudication. The physical examination showed a dorsal spinal syndrome, spastic paraparesis, hypoesthesis under T9 sensitive territory with bilateral Babinski sign. Cutaneous-abdominal reflexes were abolished at T8. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed an intramedullary cyst formation. The patient was operated on the day after her admission by a posterior approach with scopic tracking. She underwent a laminectomy from T7 to T9. Thereafter the cyst has been removed, then discharged three days after the surgery. The clinical follow-up showed a full recovery.

Publisher

Edorium Journals Pvt. Ltd.

Subject

General Medicine

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