RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 A review of spinal arachnoid cysts
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP 311
OP 315
VO 75
IS 4
A1 Gwyneth Hughes
A1 Kene Ugokwe
A1 Edward C. Benzel
YR 2008
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/75/4/311.abstract
AB The symptoms of spinal arachnoid cysts are variable and nonspecific, so they are commonly misdiagnosed. Often the cysts are discovered incidentally on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). If they cause no symptoms, no treatment is warranted regardless of the size of the cyst. Cysts that cause symptoms from mechanical compression of the spinal cord are best evaluated with MRI and surgically excised if possible.