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Case Reports
. 2014 Apr 28:2014:bcr2013203060.
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2013-203060.

CSF pseudocyst: an unusual cause of back pain

Jane Cunningham  1 , David Allcutt, Alan O'Hare, Seamus Looby
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Case Reports

CSF pseudocyst: an unusual cause of back pain

Jane Cunningham et al. BMJ Case Rep. .
No abstract available

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Figure 1
Figure 1
(A) Axial T2-weighted MRI at the level of the lower thoracic spinal cord demonstrating a very large cystic collection in the right-upper abdomen adjacent to the liver. (B) Sagittal T2-weighted MRI of the cervicothoracic spine does not show any spinal abnormality but also reveals the cystic lesion inferior to the right hemidiaphragm.
Figure 2
Figure 2
(A) Scout CT image revealing the tip of the ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt in the right-upper quadrant (black arrow). (B) Contrast-enhanced CT abdomen confirms that the VP shunt (white arrows) is coiled in the right-upper quadrant and is associated with a very large, thin-walled subphrenic collection of simple fluid (HU=10) consistent with a pseudocyst.
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