title: [Spinal cord compression by arachnoid cysts].
abstract: Spinal arachnoid cysts are considered to be rare entities, intradural locations are even less common. We report two cases of patients (two women aged 77- and 21-year-old) who presented spinal cord compression by intradural arachnoid cysts. For the second patient, repeated surgical procedures were necessary to improve the neurological status. After presenting the case reports, we expose the pathophysiological mechanisms and clinical features, and the surgical difficulties of treating this rare cause of spinal cord compression.
authors.affiliation: Service de Neurochirurgie, Hôpital d'Instruction des Armées Percy, 101, avenue Henri-Barbusse, 92141 Clamart. ncpercy@club-internet.fr
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dulou
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Blondet
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dutertre
authors.forename: J-M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Delmas
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: De Soultrait
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pernot
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D016080:Arachnoid Cysts / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000209:etiology*