Postoperative Pseudomeningocele: A Rare Complication of Lumbar Spine Surgery

A 64-year-old male with a history of chronic lower back pain for the past three years, which had progressively worsened over the preceding month and led to difficulty in walking, presented with associated tingling sensations in the left lower limb for two years and urinary incontinence for one week....

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Main Authors: Tushar Kalekar, Niharika Prasad, Bhavya Dang
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Published: JCDR Research and Publications Private Limited 2025-07-01
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description A 64-year-old male with a history of chronic lower back pain for the past three years, which had progressively worsened over the preceding month and led to difficulty in walking, presented with associated tingling sensations in the left lower limb for two years and urinary incontinence for one week. He was evaluated clinically and radiologically and diagnosed with multilevel lumbar canal stenosis and degenerative spondylolisthesis. There was no history of trauma, fever, constitutional symptoms, or bowel disturbances. The patient was known to be hypertensive, non diabetic and a non smoker and had no prior history of spinal trauma or tuberculosis.
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spelling doaj-art-a54bf162d96342abbed01b94c63b58462025-08-20T03:32:20ZengJCDR Research and Publications Private LimitedJournal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research2249-782X0973-709X2025-07-01197OJ01OJ0210.7860/JCDR/2025/79569.21227Postoperative Pseudomeningocele: A Rare Complication of Lumbar Spine SurgeryTushar Kalekar0Niharika Prasad1Bhavya Dang2Professor, Department of Radiodiagnosis, Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre, Pune, Maharashtra, India.Assistant Professor, Department of Radiodiagnosis, Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre, Pune, Maharashtra, India.Resident, Department of Radiodiagnosis, Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre, Pune, Maharashtra, India.A 64-year-old male with a history of chronic lower back pain for the past three years, which had progressively worsened over the preceding month and led to difficulty in walking, presented with associated tingling sensations in the left lower limb for two years and urinary incontinence for one week. He was evaluated clinically and radiologically and diagnosed with multilevel lumbar canal stenosis and degenerative spondylolisthesis. There was no history of trauma, fever, constitutional symptoms, or bowel disturbances. The patient was known to be hypertensive, non diabetic and a non smoker and had no prior history of spinal trauma or tuberculosis.https://jcdr.net/article_fulltext.asp?issn=0973-709x&year=2025&month=July&volume=19&issue=7&page=OJ01-OJ02&id=21227lower back painmagnetic resonance imagingmeningeal pseudocyst
spellingShingle Tushar Kalekar
Niharika Prasad
Bhavya Dang
Postoperative Pseudomeningocele: A Rare Complication of Lumbar Spine Surgery
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
lower back pain
magnetic resonance imaging
meningeal pseudocyst
title Postoperative Pseudomeningocele: A Rare Complication of Lumbar Spine Surgery
title_full Postoperative Pseudomeningocele: A Rare Complication of Lumbar Spine Surgery
title_fullStr Postoperative Pseudomeningocele: A Rare Complication of Lumbar Spine Surgery
title_full_unstemmed Postoperative Pseudomeningocele: A Rare Complication of Lumbar Spine Surgery
title_short Postoperative Pseudomeningocele: A Rare Complication of Lumbar Spine Surgery
title_sort postoperative pseudomeningocele a rare complication of lumbar spine surgery
topic lower back pain
magnetic resonance imaging
meningeal pseudocyst
url https://jcdr.net/article_fulltext.asp?issn=0973-709x&year=2025&month=July&volume=19&issue=7&page=OJ01-OJ02&id=21227
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