Table 1 Clinical data for six cases with an epidermoid cyst in the lumbar spine
From: Surgery and outcomes of six patients with intradural epidermoid cysts in the lumbar spine
Case | Age (years)/sex | Location | Presentation | Pre-operation Frankel score | Resection mode | Instrumentation | Post-operation Frankel score | Follow-up (months) | Local recurrence | Last status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 55/F | L1-2 | 3 months of pain and neurologic deficit | D | Total excision | PF | E | 106 | No | NED |
2 | 16/F | L3 | 2 months of pain and neurologic deficit | D | Total excision | PF | E | 47 | No | NED |
3 | 41/M | L1-3 | 2 years of pain and neurologic deficit, 1 month of difficult defecation | D | Total excision | PF | E | 32 | No | NED |
4 | 43/F | L3-5 | 10 years of pain and neurologic deficit, 1 year of urinary and fecal incontinence | D | Total excision | PF | E | 18 | No | NED |
5 | 15/F | L3-4 | 5 months of pain and neurologic deficit | D | Total excision | PF | E | 80 | No | NED |
6 | 56/F | L3-4 | 2 years of pain and difficult defecation | E | Total excision | PF | E | 65 | No | NED |
Mean | 37.7 | 58 |