Post-operative spinal subdural extra-arachnoid hygroma causing cauda equina compression: A report of two cases

Will G B Singleton; Devindra Ramnarine; Nitin Patel; Crispin Wigfield

doi:10.3109/02688697.2011.625063

Post-operative spinal subdural extra-arachnoid hygroma causing cauda equina compression: A report of two cases

Will G B Singleton^*
, Devindra Ramnarine
, Nitin Patel
, Crispin Wigfield

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

We present two cases of symptomatic, post-lumbar surgery cauda equina compression due to formation of a dissecting subdural extra-arachnoid cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) collection (hygroma) under tension. In both cases, a small inadvertent durotomy was sustained during the initial surgery. Surgical re-exploration confirmed a tension subdural extra-arachnoid hygroma due to one-way flow of CSF through a pinhole puncture in the arachnoid. The mechanism and clinico-radiological features of this rare post-operative complication are discussed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	429-431
Number of pages	3
Journal	British Journal of Neurosurgery
Volume	26
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3109/02688697.2011.625063
Publication status	Published - 1 Jun 2012

Keywords

Arachnoid dissection
Cauda equina syndrome
Hygroma

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