(1) Department of Neurosurgery, Gülhane Military Medical School, Ankara, Turkey;(2) Present address: Department of Neurosurgery, Aegean University Medical School, Bornova, 35100 Izmir, Turkey
Abstract:
The case of 16-year-old boy with a spinal extradural arachnoid cyst is presented. An extradural arachnoid diverticulum extending from T10 to L1 was excised totally with hemilaminectomy. Surgery caused prompt improvement of the neurological deficit. The pertinent literature is reviewed.