Congenital Spinal Extradural Cyst. Case Report and Review of the Literature

摘要: One of the most favorable spinal lesions from s tandpoin t both surgical ext irpat ion and recovery neurological function is radural cyst nont raumat ic origin. I also one rarest intraspinal lesions. To date, including present case, 34 proved cases have been recorded in world l i terature to our knowledge. These are listed chronologically Table 1. The first verified repor was tha Collins Marks 1915, which described a pa ien opera ted upon b y Dr. Alfred S. Taylor. second reported Mixter 21 193~, somewhat atypical multilocular. article by Elsberg, D k e Brewer 9 1934, reporting 4 cases, clinical syndrome suggested congenital origin these authors were apparen ly unaware ha their Case had previously 5 (Case ~). In 1937, Cloward Bucy case carefully reviewed history, findings roentgenograms cases. 8 10 located thoracic region, each pat ients more or less m rked radiological igmata kyphosis dorsalis juvenilis (Scheuermann's disease). advanced hypothesis extradural cysts, interfering with venous drainage ver tebra bodies, caused juvenilis. Mered th 2~ only occurred cervical region. Some question arises (and raised author) as whether this rauma.* 1947, Swanson Fincher 27 ~ cysts. lesion ient , ~0-month-old child, an extensive arachnoidal ; it p ro ruded through dural defect extending ~nd lumbar 1st sacral segment contained several roots cauda equina. probable, concluded, r aumat c however, seems likely symptoms precipi ta " u (sneezing). la ter included review.