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Tarlov Cyst on the spine: Any advice?

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@babykrueger123 I think you are in luck. I did a search and I came up with an abstract to literature about a surgical case for Tarlov Cysts at Mayo Clinic in Rochester. Then I recognized the names of 2 of the authors. One is Dr. Jeremy Fogelson who did my cervical spine surgery and the other is Dr. Ross Puffer who at that time was in the neurosurgery program at Mayo when I had my surgery and he was involved in my care.

Dr. Fogelson was the reason I came to Mayo for spine surgery and he was wonderful and I recovered well from my surgery. He teaches at Mayo. I highly recommend him and he is kind.
https://www.mayoclinic.org/biographies/fogelson-jeremy-l-m-d/bio-20055624
Here is the literature that he co-authored on Tarlov cysts, also known as perineural cysts.
https://mayoclinic.pure.elsevier.com/en/publications/tarlov-cyst-causing-sacral-insufficiency-fracture
There is also a surgeon at Mayo Jacksonville with this literature about Tarlov Cysts
https://mayoclinic.pure.elsevier.com/en/publications/diagnosis-and-management-of-sacral-tarlov-cysts-case-report-and-r
Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa
https://www.mayoclinic.org/biographies/quinones-hinojosa-alfredo-m-d/bio-20238939
If you wanted to seek treatment at any of the Mayo campuses, this link will get you started.
http://mayocl.in/1mtmR63
I'm glad you reached out here. I did search on the Mayo website and didn't find information about Tarlov Cysts. It was in searching for literature from Mayo that I found the information. Thank you for that, and I will let our moderator know that this information should be added to the site.

May I answer any questions for you about my care at Mayo Clinic?

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@babykrueger123 Here is some literature about a case report on surgery for a Tarlov Cyst and Mayo Neurosurgeon, Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa is one of the authors. This is the full version of the article. (It may be what was referenced in the other post's link to the abstract.)
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/50520477_Diagnosis_and_management_of_sacral_Tarlov_cysts

@jenniferhunter I thought there was a proceothey could do to drin the cyst and fill it with fibrin so that it doesn’t fill up again, has anyone heard or had this procedure for tavlov cyst? I also have this cyst which they think may be causing my tightness of the foot.