Pelvic occupation: the challenges of treating a symptomatic tarlov cyst

Amad Khan; Holly Y Wilson; Davide Boeris; Richard Nelson

doi:10.1080/02688697.2017.1324111

Pelvic occupation: the challenges of treating a symptomatic tarlov cyst

Br J Neurosurg. 2019 Jun;33(3):255-257. doi: 10.1080/02688697.2017.1324111. Epub 2017 May 4.

Authors

Amad Khan¹, Holly Y Wilson¹, Davide Boeris², Richard Nelson²

Affiliations

¹ a Department of Neurosurgery , University Hospitals Southampton , Southampton , UK.
² b Department of Neurosurgery , Southmead Hospital , Bristol , UK.

PMID: 28468515
DOI: 10.1080/02688697.2017.1324111

Abstract

Tarlov (perineural) cysts are meningeal dilations of the posterior spinal nerve root sheath located in between the peri- and endoneurium. We present a patient with a symptomatic sacral Tarlov cyst and the technical challenges faced by surgically treating the lesion by disconnection of the cyst from the subarachnoid space.

Keywords: Tarlov; cyst; laminectomy; neuroanatomy.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Sacrococcygeal Region / diagnostic imaging
Sacrococcygeal Region / surgery
Spinal Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
Spinal Neoplasms / surgery*
Subarachnoid Space / diagnostic imaging
Subarachnoid Space / surgery
Tarlov Cysts / diagnostic imaging
Tarlov Cysts / surgery*
Treatment Outcome