Case history: Tarlov cysts

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Case history: Tarlov Cysts.

An 55 –year-old patient presented yesterday with a recent history of Tarlov cysts. These are described as interspinal parineural cysts growing within the sacrum around the spinal nerves.

She is experiencing excruciating back pain with leg pain which seems radicular in nature. She is on various medications including morphine.

She is scheduled to be treated with a new method in Kansas City.

As an aside, she said, “They’ve got some crazy neurosurgeons there and I’m going to get me one.” [ " Wilbert on " ]

The surgical method includes draining the fluid filled sac, refilling the sack with the patient’s fat from a donor site, and encasing the cyst in bovine pericardial membrane. I have of course told her that this is exactly what I would’ve suggested!

A question for you fellow chiropractors is, “Should I adjust her?”

[side posture or drop table? SOT or activator? Plain or menthol? Filter/flavor, pack or box?]

I would like to hear from you folks who are fairly new in practice.

(What’s the matter McFly, chicken?)

Hint:

The upside is alleviating the patient’s discomfort and enhancing the quality of her nervous system function. The downside being harming her or risking a lawsuit.

Take a moment to answer the question.

I’ll let you know what happened in a follow-up e-mail later today.

http://www.tarlovcystfoundation.org/TarlovCystInformation.asp

Thanks for playing.

E. Abrahamson, D.C.

Chiropractic physician

Lake Oswego Chiropractic Clinic

315 Second Street

Lake Oswego, OR 97034

503-635-6246

Website: http://www.lakeoswegochiro.com