Diseases

Tarlov Cysts

Perineurial cysts commonly found in the SACRAL REGION. They arise from the PERINEURIUM membrane within the SPINAL NERVE ROOTS. The distinctive feature of the cysts is the presence of spinal nerve root fibers within the cyst wall, or the cyst cavity itself.

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Perineurial cysts commonly found in the SACRAL REGION. They arise from the PERINEURIUM membrane within the SPINAL NERVE ROOTS. The distinctive feature of the cysts is the presence of spinal nerve root fibers within the cyst wall, or the cyst cavity itself.

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17 entry terms
  • Perineural Cyst
  • Perineural Cysts
  • Perineurial Cyst
  • Perineurial Cysts
  • Sacral Perineural Cyst
  • Sacral Perineural Cysts
  • Sacral Tarlov Cysts
  • Tarlov Cyst
  • Cyst, Perineural
  • Cyst, Perineurial
  • Cyst, Sacral Perineural
  • Cyst, Tarlov
  • Cysts, Perineural
  • Cysts, Perineurial
  • Cysts, Sacral Perineural
  • Cysts, Sacral Tarlov
  • Cysts, Tarlov

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, blood supply, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, chemistry, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, ultrastructure, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

non-neoplastic

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History Note

2007; use ARACHNOID CYSTS 2000-2006

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Tarlov Cysts. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D052958. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D052958
  2. Tarlov Cysts. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarlov_cyst
  3. Tarlov Cysts. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1648960