A Rare Case Report of Spinal Cord Compression by multiple extra Dural Arachnoid Cyst at Thoracic Level

Abstract

The patient was a 18 year young male with chief complaint of difficulty in walking & progressive weakness in left lower limb was diagnosed as having space occupying lesion causing cord compression leading to muscular weakness. There was drastic & immediate recovery after excision of extradural mass from D3 to D9. A spinal extradural arachnoid cyst is a relatively rare disease.