Prognosis In some instances Tarlov cysts can cause nerve pain and other pain, weakness, or nerve root compression. Acute and chronic pain may require changes in lifestyle. [ninds.nih.gov]

Preoperative symptoms include low back pain, coccydynia, buttock pain, perianal pain and radicular pain. All of the patients underwent surgical resection. The mean follow-up was 54 months (range 3-160 months). [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

In some instances Tarlov cysts can cause nerve pain and other pain, weakness, or nerve root compression. Acute and chronic pain may require changes in lifestyle. If left untreated, nerve root compression can cause permanent neurological damage. [web.archive.org]

This 67-year-old Caucasian female presented with progressively severe pelvic pain, intermittent explosive diarrhea, and dysuria. Physical and bimanual examination demonstrated genital prolapse and a nontender, cyst-like mass fixed in the midline. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

These cysts, though rare, can be found to grow large - over 3–4 centimetres (1.2–1.6 in) in size, often causing severe abdominal pain from compression on the cyst itself as well as adjoining nerves. [en.wikipedia.org]

Sacral cysts have been reported to cause sacral radiculopathy, hip, leg or foot pain, perineal pain, paresthesias, and bowel or bladder dysfunction. Symptoms can mimic a disc herniation. There are many variations of Tarlov cysts. [dynamicchiropractic.com]

Anterior cysts ( with pudendal nerve entrapment) may react more than posterior ones, but posterior cysts also respond (foot pain, leg numbness, muscle weakness, etc.). [causes.com]

Acute low back pain is a very common symptom and reason for many medical consultations. In some unusual circumstances it could be linked to a rare aetiology. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

So withdrawn. So helpless.… [corinanielsen.com]

Both needles were then withdrawn, and the puncture sites were covered with an antibiotic ointment and a sterile dressing. Patients were observed for 2 hours after the completion of the procedure before being discharged. [dx.doi.org]

However, when symptoms develop that are suggestive of TCs, MRI will demonstrate their presence, and Myelogram or CT may demonstrate the CSF flow between the spinal subarachnoid area and the cyst, determining how rapidly the open communicating/wide neck [tarlovcystfoundation.org]

All patients with cystic abnormalities other than perineurial cysts and patients with cysts possessing considerable (wide-neck) direct communication with the subarachnoid space were rejected. [dx.doi.org]

These cysts (also known as meningeal or perineural cysts) can compress nerve roots, causing lower back pain, sciatica (shock-like or burning pain in the lower back, buttocks, and down one leg to below the knee), urinary incontinence, headaches (due to [ninds.nih.gov]

Symptoms sometimes caused by Tarlov cysts include pain in the area served by the affected nerves, numbness and altered sensation, an inability to control bladder and bowel movements (incontinence), impotence, and, rarely, weakness in the legs. [chiarigear.com]

He reported that mild fecal incontinence was common in his patients [ 7 ]. [omicsonline.org]

"Case 7-2013: A 77-year-old woman with long-standing unilateral thoracic pain and incontinence". New England Journal of Medicine. 368 : 853–861. doi : 10.1056/NEJMcpc1114034. [en.wikipedia.org]

dysfunction, and some loss of feeling or control of movement in the leg and/or foot. [ninds.nih.gov]

In some patients, however, it appears that Tarlov cysts are the cause of symptoms, such as pelvic or perineal pain/discomfort, sphincter/sexual dysfunction, radicular pain/numbness and neurogenic claudication 3,6. [radiopaedia.org]

To the best of our knowledge, this is the first reported case of Tarlov cyst associated with retrograde ejaculation and infertility. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

ejaculation, paresthesia, hypesthesia, secondary pelvic floor dysfunction, vaginismus, motor disorders in lower limbs and the genital, perineal, or lumbosacral areas, sacral or buttocks pain, vaginal or penile paraesthesia, Persistent Genital Arousal [en.wikipedia.org]

Patients have expressed common symptoms, such as: Back and perineal pain Urinary incontinence Sciatica Dysuria Radicular pain Headaches Retrograde ejaculation Parasthesia, or abnormal sensations in the extremities Hypesthesia Difficulty walking Severe [marijuanadoctors.com]

This case report describes the clinical course after biopsy of a very large Tarlov cyst via laparoscopy, which was thought preoperatively to be an adnexal mass. It serves as a warning against attempting biopsy or resection of these lesions. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Chronic pain Possibly, STCs may be the cause of several chronic pain syndromes, including some forms of chronic pelvic pain, chronic perineal pain, pudendal neuralgia, bladder pain, vulvodynia, nonspecific lower back pain and failed back surgery syndrome [omicsonline.org]

Information from the National Library of Medicine’s MedlinePlus Sciatica [ninds.nih.gov]

The initial symptoms were low back pain and sciatica and progressed to cauda equina syndrome. Surgical treatment was performed by sacral laminectomy and wide cyst fenestration. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Symptomatic Tarlov cysts are extremely rare, commonly presenting as sacral or lumbar pain syndromes, sciatica or rarely as cauda equina syndrome. [ijoonline.com]

Only 1% of back pain patients (n 500) were symptomatic 4 The patient may present as low back pain, sciatica, coccydynia or cauda equina syndrome. [webmedcentral.com]

Diagnostic methods Diagnosis is based on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computed topography (CT) or myelogram of patients experiencing lower back pain or sciatica. [orpha.net]

The hypesthesia persisted, as did the right leg pain. Cyst-subarachnoid shunt was set to decompress nerve root and to equalize the cerebrospinal fluid pressure between the cephalad thecal sac and cyst. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

[…] dysfunction with tertiary sciatica, Cauda equina syndrome, neurogenic claudication (pain caused by walking), neurogenic bladder, dysuria, urinary incontinence, coccygodynia, sacral radiculopathy, radicular pain, headaches, retrograde ejaculation, paresthesia, hypesthesia [en.wikipedia.org]

Patients have expressed common symptoms, such as: Back and perineal pain Urinary incontinence Sciatica Dysuria Radicular pain Headaches Retrograde ejaculation Parasthesia, or abnormal sensations in the extremities Hypesthesia Difficulty walking Severe [marijuanadoctors.com]

The most common physical neurologic abnormality observed in our patients was an absent ankle reflex. Weakness of plantar flexion was also prevalent, as were cyst-related sensory loss, reduced rectal sphincter tone, and bladder sphincter impairment. [dx.doi.org]

Foot drop and atrophy of the foot muscles Motor neuron symptoms are less frequently observed in patients with STCs. [omicsonline.org]

Additional symptoms have been reported in the medical literature including chronic headaches, blurred vision, pressure behind the eyes, dizziness, and dragging of the foot when walking due to weakness of the muscles in the ankles and feet (foot drop). [rarediseases.org]