title: Tarlov cysts: a report of two cases.
abstract: Perineural cysts are common and usually detected incidentally during magnetic resonance imaging of the lumbosacral spine. Treatment is indicated only when the cyst is symptomatic. We report one such patients presented with cauda equina syndrome and another with low back pain with claudication. They underwent excision and duraplasty; both motor and sensory fibres were carefully separated from the cyst wall using a nerve root retractor and penfield. There was no nerve root damage or neural deficit. Symptoms were relieved postoperatively.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
authors.forename: Ramesh Kumar
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Sen
authors.forename: Tarun
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Goyal
authors.forename: Sujit Kumar
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Tripathy
authors.forename: Soumya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chakraborty
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D052958:Tarlov Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery