Gas-filled intradural cyst with migration into the nerve root of the cauda equina.

Kudo, Yohei; Nishijima, Yoji; Mochida, Kiyoshi; Sekido, Yasutomo; Tachibana, Shigekuni · J Neurosurg Spine · 2008

case_series · Level IV

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Abstract

Only 4 cases of gas-filled intradural cysts of the spine have been reported previously. All cysts were due to intradural herniation of a gas-containing disc. The authors report 2 additional patients with gas-filled intradural cysts that migrated into the nerve root of the cauda equina. After surgical treatment their severe leg pain completely resolved.

Medical subject headings

Anatomy