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Multiple communicating intradural arachnoid cysts: usefulness of myelography and myelo-computed tomography using both lumbar and cervical punctures. Case report

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We report a case of multiple communicating intradural cystic lesions. Magnetic resonance imaging did not demonstrate the lesions. Neuroradiological diagnosis of the intradural arachnoid cysts was made from myelography and myelo-computed tomography using both lumbar and cervical punctures. These procedures give us useful information about flow dynamics in the spinal subarachnoid space.

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Yokkaichi Municipal Hospital, Mie, Japan

    Koji Osuka M.D., Toshihiko Tanazawa, Kaoru Ichihara & Yatuo Itohl

  2. Department of Neurosurgery, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Aichi, Japan

    Masakazu Takayasu

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Osuka, K., Takayasu, M., Tanazawa, T. et al. Multiple communicating intradural arachnoid cysts: usefulness of myelography and myelo-computed tomography using both lumbar and cervical punctures. Case report. Neurosurg. Rev. 20, 94–98 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01138190

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