A MENINGEAL CYST OF THE THORACIC SPINE PRESENTING AS PROLONGED PARESIS AFTER ANKLE INJURY - CASE-REPORT

Authors
ADELSON PD FIRLIK KS FIRLIK AD HAMILTON RL
Citation
Pd. Adelson et al., A MENINGEAL CYST OF THE THORACIC SPINE PRESENTING AS PROLONGED PARESIS AFTER ANKLE INJURY - CASE-REPORT, Neuropediatrics, 27(4), 1996, pp. 207-210
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics,"Clinical Neurology
Journal title
Neuropediatrics → ACNP
ISSN journal
0174304X
Volume
27
Issue
4
Year of publication
1996
Pages
207 - 210
Database
ISI
SICI code
0174-304X(1996)27:4<207:AMCOTT>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
A case of a thoracic meningeal cyst causing right lower extremity weak ness in a fifteen-year-old girl is presented. The diagnosis was delaye d due to a history of ankle injury which was initially used to explain her symptoms. The authors explain the difficulty in diagnosing intras pinal meningeal cysts and stress the importance of surgical excision b efore spinal cord injury progresses.