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Indian Journal of Neurosurgery 2015; 04(01): 052-054
DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1549060
Case Report
Neurological Surgeons' Society of India

Anterior Cervical Arachnoid Cyst with Rapid Progressive Quadriparesis in a Pregnant Woman: A Case Report

Reza Bahrami
1   Department of Neurosurgery, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
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Hossein Safari
1   Department of Neurosurgery, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
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20 March 2015 (online)

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Abstract

Arachnoid cyst in the spine frequently arises from posterior to the spinal cord in the thoracic region. Anterior cervical arachnoid cyst is a rare entity of which only a few cases have been reported in the literature. Herein, we present a 26-year-old pregnant woman at 22 weeks of gestation with a history of rapid progressive quadriparesis that harbors a large ventral located cervical arachnoid cyst. She emergently underwent posterior laminectomy and cyst wall fenestration. Postoperatively, her muscles strength was fully recovered without any neurologic deficit.

Keywords

arachnoid cyst - cervical - pregnant - quadriparesis
 

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