Arachnoid cysts occur in one of the three layers of tissue that surround the brain and spinal cord. Most arachnoid cysts are stable and do not require treatment. They are four times more common in ...

The thoracic spine is comprised of 12 spinal bones connected to and occupying the same level in your body as your 12 pairs of ribs. In fact, the thoracic spine works with the ribs to create a ...

Arachnoid Cyst of the Posterior Cranial Fossa: (Left) T1-weighted axial MRI; (Right) T2-weighted axial image. Note the large cystic lesion in the posterior fossa. As the cyst contains fluid, it is ...

Spinal extradural arachnoid cyst (SEDAC) develops from a protrusion of the arachnoid through a defect in the dura mater in young adulthood. Its location is variable. It is a rare cause of spinal cord ...

Arachnoid cysts are the most common type of brain cyst. They're not tumors, but cysts filled with cerebrospinal fluid (a clear liquid that surrounds your brain and spinal cord). Most people who ...

We present a man in his 60s with a dorsal thoracic arachnoid web spanning levels T6-T8. The patient presented with gait abnormalities, severe neuropathic lower back pain and mild urinary incontinence ...

This study presents a wireless wearable portable system designed for the automatic quantitative spatio-temporal analysis of continuous thoracic spine motion across various planes and degrees of ...

There are six main types of brain cysts: arachnoid, pineal, colloid, dermoid, epidermoid, and neoplastic. Learn more about them here.

Spinal intradural arachnoid cyst associated with diastematomyelia in an adult: a case report and review of literature. Br J Neurosurg. (2019):1–3. doi: 10.1080/02688697.2019.1666087 ...