CHRONIC VULVAR PAIN AND URINARYDISTURBANCES REVEALING A LARGE TARLOVCYST IN A 41-YEAR-OLD WOMAN: A CASE REPORT

Following advances in surgical technique sacral Tarlov Cysts (TCs) are now a treatable cause of back painand sciatica.1,2 However many surgeons and radiologists still view them as an incidental finding. This audit wasperformed to raise awareness of TCs within the hospital and further afield, assess the extent to which TCsare present in patients with sciatica…

Tarlov cysts are fluid-filled dilatations of the nerve root sheaths that are present in up to 4.18% of the population [1]. They are mostly asymptomatic and discovered incidentally [2]. We present a rare case of cauda equina syndrome resulting from haemorrhage within a Tarlov cyst. To our knowledge, only one case of spontaneous resolution has…

Tarlov cyst disease is a collection of cerebrospinal fluid between the endoneurium andperineurium of spinal, usually sacral, nerve roots. These cysts can become symptomatic in 20% of patients,causing lower back pain, radiculopathy, bladder and bowel dysfunction necessitating medical or surgicalintervention. Different surgical and non-surgical modalities have been described for the treatment ofsymptomatic Tarlov cysts. However,…

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