Thines Laurent, Khalil Chadi, Fichten Anthony, Lejeune Jean-Paul
Department of Neurosurgery, Centre Hospitalier Régional et Universitaire de Lille, Lille, France.
Neurosurgery. 2005 Oct;57(4):E817. doi: 10.1093/neurosurgery/57.4.e817.
We report the first case of a delayed symptomatic spinal arachnoid cyst related to a nonaneurysmal perimesencephalic hemorrhage. We review the literature concerning posthemorrhagic spinal arachnoid cysts.
A 64-year-old woman presented with progressive spinal cord compression symptoms 10 months after a nonaneurysmal perimesencephalic hemorrhage. Magnetic resonance imaging of the spine disclosed a dorsal and intradural cystic lesion producing posterior spinal cord compression.
A thoracic laminectomy allowed complete resection of the cyst. Surgical and histological findings disclosed an intradural arachnoid cyst. On postoperative follow-up, spinal magnetic resonance imaging confirmed satisfactory decompression of the spinal cord. Because of extensive arachnoiditis, the patient experienced only partial recovery from neurological deficits.
This extremely rare complication should be kept in mind when delayed lower-limb neurological deficits appear after subarachnoid hemorrhage, even in a perimesencephalic form.
我们报告首例与非动脉瘤性中脑周围出血相关的迟发性症状性脊髓蛛网膜囊肿病例。我们回顾了有关出血后脊髓蛛网膜囊肿的文献。
一名64岁女性在非动脉瘤性中脑周围出血10个月后出现进行性脊髓压迫症状。脊柱磁共振成像显示一个位于硬膜内的背侧囊性病变,导致脊髓后部受压。
行胸椎椎板切除术,完整切除囊肿。手术及组织学检查结果显示为硬膜内蛛网膜囊肿。术后随访时,脊柱磁共振成像证实脊髓减压效果满意。由于广泛的蛛网膜炎,患者神经功能缺损仅部分恢复。
当蛛网膜下腔出血后出现迟发性下肢神经功能缺损时,即使是中脑周围型,也应考虑到这种极其罕见的并发症。