title: Spinal compression caused by multiple arachnoidal cyst.
abstract: A 14-year-old boy presented with subacute onset of paraparesis. The spinal compression was due to multiple giant sized spinal arachnoid cysts. Postoperatively the patient recovered completely.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Government Coimbatore Medical College Hospital.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Inbasekaran
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kannan
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kumaravelu
authors.forename: S V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Saravanan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D016080:Arachnoid Cysts / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000209:etiology*