Spinal meningeal cyst

see also Spinal meningocele.

Spinal meningeal cysts can be classified according to a system published by Nabor et al. 1).

type I: extradural meningeal cyst without neural tissue

type Ia: extradural spinal arachnoid cyst

type Ib: sacral meningocele

type II: extradural meningeal cyst containing neural tissue, e.g. Tarlov cyst

type III: intradural spinal arachnoid cyst

1)
Nabors MW, Pait TG, Byrd EB, Karim NO, Davis DO, Kobrine AI, Rizzoli HV. Updated assessment and current classification of spinal meningeal cysts. J Neurosurg. 1988 Mar;68(3):366-77. doi: 10.3171/jns.1988.68.3.0366. PMID: 3343608.