Yes i have a Arachnoid Cyst and Chiari 1 and i am in so much pain i can't even shower by myself :(
:-\ Yes, I got the lets wait and see what happens answer. The cyst is protruding outside of the skull, in the skull has grown substantially as well. Looking around for a second opinion right now.
imsorry i never noticed the question,
but yes i had pain in the back, it was like having a knife stabbed in that area, and nothing relieved it,
i have just had another MRI and it had showed another cyst forming in T5, its small, but already flattening my cord, i have severe pain in my chest, back and left arm, i cant get rid of the pain, i use any drug i can get my hands on, but a hot shower seems to help at times, very painfull, everytime i went to hospital, they were checking my heart because of the type of pain, im now having B/P problems and spiking heart rates,
how has it been? did you get any results
I was diagnosed with chiari malformation, about 2 years ago. I also have an arachnoid cyst.
Your cyst compressing your thoracic area...did you have pain in that area? Just wondering how they found it. I have had 6 MRI's in the past year, but over the last few months have developed pain in my mid thoracic area, almost unbearable at times. I know my MRI's were of the brain and C-spine and would not have imaged down that far. Just interested in your story and especially if this cyst caused you pain.
(I have a 8mm chiari malformation with "some blockage" of spinal fluid) Thanks!
hi i have, i had a 4.1cm one compressing my spinal cord, in in thoeriacs region T7 T8 T9.(sorry my spelling)its very rare to get there, i had it removed nearly two yrs ago,
im getting more MRIs and hopefully i havent got another one, also i read the chiari can cause cysts, (spinal ones and brain), i hope this helps
where is your cyst if you have one?
CW...I know in the past 2 yrs....there have been a few...I have not had a dx of ne cyst in or of the brain.
"selma"
My mobile version of this won't let me vote. But no. I haven't. But than again I am barely dx with chiari. Who knows what else will unveil it self down the road.
I was DX with a Neurenteric Cyst witch is a congenital Intradural cyst and from what I can gather is similar to an Arachnoid Cyst.
On my MRI report this Cyst is described as "A variant of Split Notochord Syndrome"
Ray