ArticleInternational medical case reports journal2018
Giant multiple and bilateral presacral Tarlov cysts mimicking adnexal mass - imaging features.
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- Sacral Tarlov cysts and spontaneous persistent genital arousal: 2 unrecognized and underappreciated health conditions with an uncertain relationship.AJOG global reports · 2025Review
- Management of Tarlov cysts: an uncommon but potentially serious spinal column disease-review of the literature and experience with over 1000 referrals.Neuroradiology · 2024Review
- Large presacral Tarlov cysts in pregnancy.Clinical case reports · 2022Article
- Tarlov cysts in back pain patients: prevalence, measurement method and reporting points.The British journal of radiology · 2021Observational
- Axial Spondyloarthritis: Mimics and Pitfalls of Imaging Assessment.Frontiers in medicine · 2021Review
- Tarlov Cysts Misdiagnosed as Adnexal Masses in Pelvic Sonography: A Literature Review.Frontiers in medicine · 2020Article
- Symptomatic Lumbar Discal Cyst: A Rare Entity that Can Mimic Other Lumbar Cystic Lesions.Cureus · 2019Article
- Incidentalomas in Spine and Spinal Cord Imaging.Clinical neuroradiology · 2019Review
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Abstract
Perineural or Tarlov cysts (TCs) are nerve root cysts. They are usually incidental findings on MRI and are most frequently observed in the sacral spine. A 49-year-old woman presented with lower abdominal discomfort for several months. Physical examination demonstrated a cyst-like mass. An ultrasonographic examination revealed a cystic mass near the right ovary. MRI (3-Tesla unit) showed multiple, bilateral, and almost symmetric giant TCs with presacral space and endopelvic extension and minime scalloping. TCs originated from the right and left L5, S1, S2, and S3 nerve root sleeves entered the presacral space and extended into the pelvis.
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