Excision of an anterior intradural arachnoid cyst of the cervical spine through central corpectomy approach.
Anterior cervical intradural arachnoid cyst is a rare entity which has been mostly approached posteriorly, commonly resulting in incomplete resection. Incomplete resection is associated with recurrence; hence, we describe the anterior central corpectomy approach with complete neurologic recovery in a twenty year old with an anterior cervical intradural arachnoid cyst in front of the third and fourth cervical vertebra, who had presented with spastic quadriparesis.
National Institute of Neurological and Allied Sciences, Basbari, Kathmandu, Nepal. pratyush_shrestha@yahoo.com.
Pratyush
P
Shrestha
National Institute of Neurological and Allied Sciences, Basbari, Kathmandu, Nepal.
Prateek
P
Shrestha
National Institute of Neurological and Allied Sciences, Basbari, Kathmandu, Nepal.
Upendra Prasad
UP
Devkota
D016080:Arachnoid Cysts / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D011782:Quadriplegia / Q000209:etiology; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D055815:Young Adult
Anterior; Arachnoid cyst; Corpectomy