Cervical perineural cyst masquerading as a cervical spinal tumor

Abstract

Tarlov (perineural) cysts of the nerve roots are common and usually incidental findings during magnetic resonance imaging of the lumbosacral spine. There are only a few case reports where cervical symptomatic perineural cysts have been described in the literature. We report such a case where a high cervical perineural cyst was masquerading as a cervical spinal tumor. © 2014 by Korean Society of Spine Surgery.