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Published in: Child's Nervous System 10/2004

01-10-2004 | Case Report

Anterior cervical arachnoid cyst presenting with traumatic quadriplegia

Author: Natarajan Muthukumar

Published in: Child's Nervous System | Issue 10/2004

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Abstract

Introduction

Intradural spinal arachnoid cysts are rare. Rarer still are cysts located anterior to the cervical spinal cord. To date, only 10 such cases have been reported in the English-language literature.

Case report

Two cases of anterior cervical arachnoid cysts that presented as traumatic quadriplegia are reported.
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Metadata
Title
Anterior cervical arachnoid cyst presenting with traumatic quadriplegia
Author
Natarajan Muthukumar
Publication date
01-10-2004
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Child's Nervous System / Issue 10/2004
Print ISSN: 0256-7040
Electronic ISSN: 1433-0350
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-003-0903-1

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