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CC BY 4.0 · WFNS Journal 2025; 02(01): e10-e13
DOI: 10.1055/a-2542-5441
Case Report

Pediatric Traumatic Cervicothoracic Extradural Arachnoid Cyst

Abrham Tadele
1   Department of Neurosurgery, Saint Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
,
Biniam G. Egziabher
1   Department of Neurosurgery, Saint Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
,
Milena G. Egziabher
1   Department of Neurosurgery, Saint Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
,
Fasil Mesfin
2   University of Texas Long School of Medicine, San Antonio, Texas, United States
,
Eyerusalem Bergene 
1   Department of Neurosurgery, Saint Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Abstract

Background Extradural spinal arachnoid cysts are an uncommon cause of myelopathy in pediatric populations, typically originating from congenital defects in the dura mater. However, there are no documented cases of multiple traumatic arachnoid cysts in children.

Case Description We report on a 3-year-old girl who presented with persistent neurologic deficits following a trauma, later diagnosed with multiple posttraumatic extradural arachnoid cysts. This is the first documented case of its kind in the literature.

Conclusion The definitive treatment for these cysts is surgical resection of the cyst wall and obliteration of the defect. This case underscores the importance of considering traumatic origins in the differential diagnosis of pediatric myelopathy.

Keywords

extradural arachnoid cyst - traumatic - multiple arachnoid cyst - pediatric


Publication History

Received: 06 November 2024

Accepted: 17 February 2025

Article published online:
24 March 2025

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