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A case of post-traumatic arachnoid spinal cyst with haemorrhagic contents is presented. CT findings were indistinguishable from those of epidural or subdural haematomas. The use of CT myelography permits a more accurate diagnosis by localizing the lesion into one of the three spaces. In our case, bleeding into a preexisting arachnoid cyst was thought to occur, but we cannot exclude a newly formed cyst of traumatic origin.
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Agustin, J.J.T., Martinench, E.G., Corretger, F.C. et al. Computed tomography of a post traumatic spinal arachnoid cyst. Neuroradiology 31, 354–355 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00344183
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00344183