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Congenital Intraspinal Extradural Cysts (Intraspinal Meningocele)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2015

Dwight Parkinson ,
A. Chaudhuri  and
I. Shwartz
Dwight Parkinson*
Affiliation:
Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba
*
1613-233 Kennedy Street, Winnipeg R3C 3J5, Canada
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A case of congenital, intraspinal, extradural cyst is reported with pain as the only presenting feature. In the past, the lack of pain has been considered one of the characteristics of these rare lesions. In other reported cases, when pain has been present, it was minimal and never the presenting feature. The clinical and radiographic features and the surgical treatment are described. The pathogenesis is discussed and the literature reviewed. An addition to the surgical technique is given whereby one of the post operative complications may be obviated.

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Research Article
Information
Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 3 , Issue 3 , August 1976 , pp. 205 - 210
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Copyright © Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation 1976

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