Abstract
We report an unusual case of idiopathic thoracic intradural arachnoid cyst causing a chronic progressive spastic paraparesis in a 72 year old man. Symptoms completely resolved after surgical excision of the cyst.
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Viene riportato il caso di un paziente di 72 anni affetto da paraparesi spastica cronica progressiva causata da una cisti aracnoidea idiopatica, intradurale a livello toracico. I sintomi sono completamente regrediti dopo rimozione chirurgica della cisti.
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Mascalchi, M., Canavero, S., Arnetoli, G. et al. Symptomatic spinal arachnoid cyst in an elderly subject. Ital J Neuro Sci 14, 457–460 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02339176
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02339176