A Diagnosed Sacral Perineural Cyst Presenting with Low Back Pain Case Report

Abstract

Sacral perineural cysts, also known as Tarlov cysts, arise from the junction of the dorsal root ganglion and the nerve root. Perineural cysts are filled with cerebrospinal fluid and occur as a result of cystic dilatations in the epineurium and perineurium. It was first described by Tarlov in 1938. Etiology is not clear, they are considered congenital. Perineural cysts, most commonly seen in the sacral region, are rarely seen in the cervical region. It is mostly asymptomatic but may turn into symptomatic if compression of the nerve root or Sacral perineural cysts, also known as Tarlov cysts, arise from the junction of the dorsal root ganglion spinal cord occurs. The most common symptom is radiculopathy due to nerve root compression. In this case report, I wanted to present a Tarlov cyst patient who applied to our outpatient clinic with the complaint of low back pain.

Keywords

• low back pain
• sacrum
• tarlov cyst

Bel Ağrısı ile Başvuran Sakral Perinöral Kist Tanılı Bir Olgu Sunumu

Abstract

Tarlov kisti olarakta bilinen sakral perinöral kistler dorsal kök gangliyonu ile sinir kökünün birleşme noktasından kaynaklanmaktadır. Perinöral kistler içi beyin omurilik sıvısıyla dolu olup epinörium ve perinöriumda kistik dilatasyonlar sonucu oluşur. İlk defa Tarlov tarafından 1938 yılında tanımlanmıştır. Etyolojisi tam net değildir, konjenital olarak kabul edilirler. En sık sakral bölgede görülen perinöral kistler nadiren servikal bölgedede görülür. Büyük çoğunluğu asemptomatiktir, fakat sinir kökü veya spinal kord basısı meydana gelirse semptomatik hale dönüşebilir. En sık gözlenen semptom ise sinir kökü basısına bağlı gelişen radikülopatidir. Bu olgu sunumunda; bel ağrısı şikayeti ile polikliniğimize başvuran bir Tarlov kisti hastasını sizlere takdim etmek istedim.

Keywords

• bel ağrısı
• sakrum
• tarlov kisti

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