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Abderrazzak El Saqui1, Mohamed Aggouri1, Mohamed Benzagmout1, Khalid Chakour1, Mohamed El Faiz Chaoui1.
Abstract
Spinal epidural arachnoid cyst (SEAC) is a benign condition whose pathophysiology is still uncertain. It is most commonly asymptomatic but it can cause severe neurological sequelae especially when treatment is not received in time. We conducted a retrospective study of three patients treated for SEAC conducted in the Neurosurgery Department, Hassan II University Hospital, Fez. We report the case of two male patients and a woman, with an average age of 35 years (range: 16-56 years), admitted with slow progressive spinal cord compression. All patients underwent spinal cord MRI showing epidural fluid collection, having the same signal as that of cerebrospinal fluid, compressing the opposite marrow. The collection was located in the chest in all cases. All patients underwent surgery via posterior approach for cyst resection and cyst neck ligation in two cases and dural plasty in a single case. Anatomo-pathologic examination showed arachnoid cysts. Postoperative outcome was simple in all cases. This study aims to update the current understanding of this pathology while insisting on the need for early management given its tendency toward gradual worsening in the absence of adapt therapy. It also aims to review the clinical, paraclinical and therapeutic features of this condition.Entities:
Keywords: Epidural arachnoid cyst; MRI; spine; surgery
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Year: 2017 PMID: 28533855 PMCID: PMC5429426 DOI: 10.11604/pamj.2017.26.132.8548
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Pan Afr Med J
Figure 1IRM médullaire en coupes sagittales T1 avec contraste (A), T2 (B), et axiales T2 (C, D) montrant une formation kystique cervico-dorsal, de signal comparable à celui du LCR, hypointense en T1 et hyperintense en T2, ne se rehaussant pas après injection de contraste, de siège postérieur, plaquant la moelle contre le mur postérieur des corps vertébraux
Figure 2(A) aspect per opératoire après réalisation d'une laminectomie: le kyste arachnoïdien est formé d'une membrane fine translucide renfermant du LCR (Flèche), (B) Début de la dissection du kyste par rapport au plan dural (Flèche)
Figure 3Image microscopique de la paroi du kyste montrant une paroi fibreuse tapissée par un revêtement arachnoïdien fait de cellules au cytoplasme abondant éosinophile et au noyau régulier (HES x 10)