Get Virtual Care
For Businesses
About Us
A member asked:
Can tarlov cysts at s2-3 be definitively diagnosed by pelvic mri? if not, what is the differential diagnosis and follow up?
6 doctors weighed in across 3 answers
Usually can be seen: In a lumbar spine mri, pelvic MRI could also be used, but it is typically noted as an incidental finding on a lumbar spine mri. Most of the time it is not symptomatic. See a neurosurgeon or spinal specialist.
Answered 6/10/2014
4.9k views
Tarlov cysts: Tarlov cysts are typically outpouching cysts of the spinal canal and contain spinal fluid found typically in the sacrum. Mri of the pelvis and sacrum can diagnose their existence. Sometimes lumbar spine MRI will also demonstrate their existence if study goes down to sacrum.
Answered 6/10/2014
4.9k views
Yes: A tarlov cyst is probably generative bulging of the dura typically causing slow erosion of the sacrum. They can be seen on a pelvic mr. The key point is that the vast, vast majority need no treatment and are present in 10-20% of people above the age of 50.
Answered 9/8/2013
4.9k views
Related Questions
A member asked:
Mri shows cyst in s2 (racepinephrine). With the presence of cyst, can I go to chiropractor for spinal manipulation for lower back pain? Will it affect cyst?
2 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
A member asked:
Mri shows medium size cyst at s2 (racepinephrine). Electric shock feeling at r hip joint when i turn my body to r or turn hip to l. Are both related? Any test to prove
2 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
A member asked:
Mri shows cyst in s2 (racepinephrine). Want to do lumbar traction for lower back pain. Will it affect cyst?
3 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
A member asked:
MY MRI: C2-C3-C4 -C5 mild bilateral facet arthropathy,.Disc bulge C5-C6,L2-L3 mild uncovertebral hypertrophy ,spinal meningeal cyst S2-S3. lots pain?
A doctor has provided 1 answer
A member asked:
When there is erosion or scalloping of bone because of a 2 cm tarlov cyst at S2, (racepinephrine) does this mean cyst should be surgically removed at this stage?
A doctor has provided 1 answer
People also searched for:
Had MRI & report says Suspected chronic although possibly incomplete L5 pars defects with no visualized listhesis evident on exam. S2 (racepinephrine) Tarlov cyst 2cm?
Mri shows that I have a cystic nodule of left thyroid lobe and a perineural tarlov cyst in left s2 (racepinephrine) neural foramen. Are these related? What are they?
I have been diagnosed in the LS Spine MRI with a disc bulge in L4 and L5 also with Tarlov cyst in the spinal canal in s1 and s2 levels, going through severe backache, what can be done to resolve this?
Is it common for patients to have multiple cystic lesions at s2-3 level (4+)? Since imaging alone cannot diagnose lesions, what follow up is needed? What, aside from tarlov cysts, could lesions be?
2 cysts found in s2 (racepinephrine). Size not provided in MRI report. No symptoms at present. Need to remove them before they cause trouble or grow bigger? How ?
Didn't find what you're looking for?
90,000 U.S. doctors in 147 specialties are here to answer your questions or offer you advice, prescriptions, and more.
Ask your questionMore of what we treat
Download HealthTap
Video visit and message your doctor
