Table 1 Summary of reported cases of multiple extradural spinal arachnoid cysts
From: Multiple extradural spinal arachnoid cysts: a case report and review of the literature
Age/Gender | Number/Level of cysts | Symptoms/Duration | Treatment/Outcome | Complications | Author/Reference number |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
42/F | 3/L1-3 | NA/15 yrs | Laminectomy; cystectomy/NA | NA | Dutoit*/5 |
15/M | 2/T6-11 | NA/NA | Laminectomy; cystectomy/NA | NA | Lombardi and Passerini*/5 |
29/F | 3/L1-4 | NA/4 yrs | Laminectomy; cystectomy/NA | NA | Nugent*/5 |
13/F | 2/T6-12 | NA/14 mo | Laminectomy; cystectomy/NA | NA | Strang and Tovi*/5 |
15/M | 2/T7-11 | NA/6 wks | Laminectomy; cystectomy/NA | NA | Dastur*/5 |
13/F | 4/T4-12 | NA/2 mo | Laminectomy; cystectomy/NA | NA | Kronborg*/5 |
11/F | 3(intradural), 3(extradural)T1-L2 | NA/NA | Laminoplasty; as much as possible excision (intradural); cystectomy (extradural)/NA | KS | Otake S*/8 |
9/F | 6/T2-S1 | Progressive gait disturbance/2 wks | T1-L2 laminoplasty; cystectomy; cyst within lumbar and sacral canal was left untreated/incomplete recovery | K | Myles*/8 |
12/M | 11/T2-T12 | NA | Laminoplasty; cystectomy and closed communication; cystectomy and unclosed communication; cyst-abdominal shunt/recurrence of the cyst in which the communication was not closed | K | Obara K*/8 |
11/M | 5/T5-L5 | Gait disturbance/1 mo | Laminectomy; cystectomy and closed communication; cyst at the cauda equinal level was left untreated/complete recovery | KS | Takagaki/8 |
12/F | 2/L1-2 | Progressive intermittent bilateral claudication/6 mo | Laminectomy; cystectomy; dural repair/complete recovery | - | Chang/4 |
12/M | 2/T5-10 | Progressive paraparesis; unsteady gait; urinary hesitancy/10 mo | Laminotomy, cystectomy; neck sutured/complete recovery | - | Kanaan/6 |
14/M | 2/T4-11 | Progressive paraparesis/4 mo | Laminotomy, cyst excision, repair of dural defect/complete recovery | - | Suryaningtyas/1 |
31/F | NA/T7-L3 | Acute paraplegia/NA | Excision of the posterior wall of the symptomatic lesion/NA | NA | Marbacher/7 |
12/F | 4/T5-12 | Frequent stumbling/2 yrs | Laminectomy and laminoplasty; cystectomy; stalk ligation; dural defect repair | - | Yabuki/9 |
13/F | 3/T5-L5 | Back pain/4 mo | Laminoplasty; cystectomy; stalk ligation | - | Yabuki/9 |
17/M | 5/T4-L5 | Progressive paraparesis; urinary hesitancy/1 mo | Laminectomy; cystectomy; stalk ligation; enforcement with muscle flap/complete recovery | K | Current case |