Multiple thoracic paraspinal meningeal cysts in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease

Am J Kidney Dis. 2003 Feb;41(2):E8. doi: 10.1053/ajkd.2003.50065.

Abstract

Spinal meningeal cysts have been reported in 3 patients as an extrarenal manifestation of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD). The authors report on a fourth patient with ADPKD who was found to harbor 7 thoracic meningeal cysts, appearing as paraspinal masses on plain films. The authors provide a comprehensive radiologic description of this abnormality.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Cysts / diagnosis*
  • Cysts / diagnostic imaging
  • Cysts / etiology*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Meninges / diagnostic imaging
  • Meninges / pathology*
  • Middle Aged
  • Polycystic Kidney, Autosomal Dominant / complications*
  • Polycystic Kidney, Autosomal Dominant / genetics
  • Radiography
  • Spinal Cord Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Spinal Cord Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Thoracic Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Thoracic Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Thoracic Diseases / etiology*