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Tarlov cyst: Case report and review of literature

Bhagwat Prashad, Anil K Jain, and Ish K Dhammi University College of Medical Sciences and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, Shahadara, Delhi, India Abstract We describe a case of sacral perineural cyst presenting with complaints of low back pain with neurological claudication. The patient was treated by laminectomy and excision of the cyst. Tarlov cysts (sacral […]

Tarlov Cyst And CSF Leak – A Case Report And Review Of Literature

Suresh S Pillai, Swaroop Sujath Division Of Spine Surgery – Dept. Of Orthopedics, Baby Memorial Hospital Calicut, Kerala, India Conclusion Tarlov cyst results from congenital weakness, trauma or inflammation of the dura matched with disturbance of CSF hydrodynamics. Surgical decompression & imbrication of the cyst gives good results. CSF leak is the most common complication […]

COVID-19-Associated Myelitis Involving the Dorsal and Lateral White Matter Tracts: A Case Series and Review of the Literature

H.Y. Huang, L.M. Shah, J.S. McNally, T. Sant, T.A. Hutchins, E.D. Goldstein and M.E. Peckham. Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, 30 North, 1900 East, 1A071, Salt Lake City, UT Abstract SUMMARY: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) myelitis is a rare condition, most commonly presenting with nonenhancing central expansile cord […]

COVID-19–associated acute transverse myelitis: a rare entity

Uddalak Chakraborty, Atanu Chandra, Aritra Kumar Ray and Purbasha Biswas. Internal Medicine, R G Kar Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata, India Abstract SARS-CoV-2 has wreaked havoc globally and has claimed innumerable lives all over the world. Apart from the characteristic respiratory illness, this disease has been associated with florid extrapulmonary manifestations and complications. A 59-year-old […]

Acute Transverse Myelitis (ATM):Clinical Review of 43 Patients With COVID-19-Associated ATM and 3 Post-Vaccination ATM Serious Adverse Events With the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 Vaccine (AZD1222)

Gustavo C. Román, Fernando Gracia, Antonio Torres, Alexis Palacios, Karla Gracia and Diógenes Harris Department of Neurology, Neurological Institute, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, United States Weill Cornell College of Medicine, Cornell University, New York, NY, United States Department of Neurology, Texas A&M University College of Medicine, Bryan, TX, United States Neurology Service, Hospital Paitilla, […]

Post COVID-19 transverse myelitis; a case report with review of literature

Shwan Abubakr Ahmad,a Karokh H. Salih,a Shaho Fatah Ahmed,a Fahmi H. Kakamad,a,b,c,∗ Abdulwahid M. Salh,a,d Marwan Nasih Hassan,a,c Karukh K. Mohammed,a,c Shvan H. Mohammed,c Rawezh Q. Salih,a,c and Dahat A. Husseina,c Abstract Introduction Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has emerged as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV2). Recently, various complications have been reported. The aim […]

Acute transverse myelitis in COVID-19 infection

Chian Chiang Nicholas Chow, John Magnussen, Jerome Ip and Yuen Su Emergency Department, Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Sydney Adventist Hospital Ltd, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Abstract A 60-year-old man presented to hospital with bilateral lower limb weakness, urinary retention and constipation. He had been diagnosed with COVID-19 10 days prior. […]

Endoscopic minimally invasive neurosurgery: emerging techniques and expanding role through an extensive review of the literature and our own experience – part II: extraendoscopic neurosurgery

Xiao Di, Alan Sui, Rodolfo Hakim, Maode Wang, Jan Peter Warnke Department of Neurosurgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA. Department of Neurosurgery, Paracelsus Klinik Zwickau, Germany PMID: 22456199 DOI: 10.1159/000336019 Abstract Background/aims: The field of minimally invasive neurosurgery has grown dramatically especially in the last decades. This has been possible, in the most part, due […]

Endoscopic minimally invasive neurosurgery: emerging techniques and expanding role through an extensive review of the literature and our own experience – part I: intraendoscopic neurosurgery

Xiao Di, Alan Sui, Rodolfo Hakim, Maode Wang, Jan Peter Warnke Department of Neurosurgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA. Department of neurosurgery, Paracelsus Klinik Zwickau, Germany PMID: 22456186 DOI: 10.1159/000336017 Abstract Background/aims: Minimally invasive neurosurgery is a growing field, more so in recent decades. The modernization of tools, especially the endoscope, has allowed for critical […]

Use of an endoscope for spinal intradural pathology

Toshiki Endo, Teiji Tominaga Department of Neurosurgery, Sendai Medical Center, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan. Department of Neurosurgery, Tohoku University, Graduate school of Medicine, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan. PMID: 32656387 PMCID: PMC7340816 DOI: 10.21037/jss.2020.01.0 Abstract The endoscope has been increasingly used to treat various spinal diseases. However, the application of spinal endoscopy in an intradural lesion has been […]