TY - JOUR T1 - A review of spinal arachnoid cysts JF - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine JO - Cleve Clin J Med SP - 311 LP - 315 VL - 75 IS - 4 AU - Gwyneth Hughes AU - Kene Ugokwe AU - Edward C. Benzel Y1 - 2008/04/01 UR - http://www.ccjm.org/content/75/4/311.abstract N2 - 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. ER -