CERVICAL ARACHNOID CYST - CASE-REPORT AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE

Arachnoid cysts are infrequent causes of spinal stenoses. Rarely are t hey localised in the cervical spinal canal. Their common clinical pres entations in childhood and youth are head and neck pain, spastic parap aresis and lower motor neuron lesions in the arms with loss of sensati on. In a patient presenting with these symptoms arachnoid cysts should be part of differential diagnosis. We present a surgically proven cas e of a particularly rare anterior cervical arachnoid cyst, with only e ight other cases reported so far.