Tarlov Cyst And CSF Leak - A Case Report And Review Of Literature

Abstract

Dr. Isadore M. Tarlov has done extensive cadaveric study on terminal filum specimens and is credited with the first description of perineural cerebrospinal fluid cysts. These cysts arise from the extradural space and the posterior nerve of the respective dorsal root ganglion and mere localized at the endoneural-perineural junction. These cysts can present variably with body pain, leg pain, neurogenic claudication or sacral insufficiency fractures. Many a times, these are incidental findings on routine MRI. In persistently symptomatic cases surgery is an option. CSF leak is a common complication following cyst decompression. Here is such a case which failed conservative measures leading to surgical intervention & CSF leakage post-operatively. All these were managed successfully.