Symptomatic spinal arachnoid cyst in an elderly subject.
We report an unusual case of idiopathic thoracic intradural arachnoid cyst causing a chronic progressive spastic paraparesis in a 72 year old man. Symptoms completely resolved after surgical excision of the cyst.
Mascalchi
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Cattedra di Radiologia, Università di Pisa.
Canavero
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Arnetoli
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Pagni
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D000368:Aged; D016080:Arachnoid Cysts / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015493:Paraparesis, Tropical Spastic / Q000209:etiology*; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D013909:Thorax