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Spinal arachnoid cyst without neural tube defect

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Symptomatic arachnoid cysts of the spine are rare lesions in the pediatric age group. Although most commonly occurring in association with neural tube defects, such as myelomeningocele and diastematomyelia, in some cases the cysts appear in children without spinal anomalies. We describe a 12-month-old girl with lumbar intradural arachnoid cyst with progressive weakness of the lower limbs. There was full recovery after fenestration of the cyst.

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  1. A. García-Allut Department of Neurosurgery, Clinic Hospital of Santiago, University of Santiago de Compostela, La Choupana s/n, 15706 Santiago de Compostela, Spain e-mail: cimigego@usc.es, , , , , , ES

    M. Gelabert-González & A. García-Allut

  2. Department of Paediatrics, Clinic Hospital of Santiago, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, , , , , , ES

    J. M. Cutrín-Prieto

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  1. M. Gelabert-González
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Received: 27 March 2000 Accepted: 24 May 2000

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Gelabert-González, M., Cutrín-Prieto, J. & García-Allut, A. Spinal arachnoid cyst without neural tube defect. Child's Nerv Syst 17, 179–181 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s003810000367

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