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Below is one research publication from Japan reporting on 9 patients. They found that surgical treatment of Tarlov cysts may help relieve coccyx pain in some of the patients who had Tarlov cyst surgery. Here is the link to the article at the Journal’s website: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S187887501933195X?via%3Dihub Below is the abstract: (Presented here as part of […] A few months ago I wrote about “Do Tarlov Cysts cause Pain?” Today’s question is: How to Distinguish between Sacral Tarlov Cyst Pain and Tailbone Pain Usually it is not difficult to tell these conditions apart. Here’s how: Location: The location of a sacral Tarlov Cyst is more than a few inches ABOVE the location of […] What is a sacral Tarlov cyst? A cyst is basically a bag of fluid. A cyst is like a water balloon. Sometimes at the sacral spine (the large bone at the back of the pelvis) there is a fluid collection known as a sacral Tarlov cyst. I explain sacral Tarlov cysts by comparing the sacral spinal […] Many patients come to see me for coccydynia (coccyx pain, tailbone pain). Occasionally we discover that their pain seems to be coming from a mass, tumor, abscess, or similar problem. (We see these types of things in ~ less than 5% of our patients with coccyx pain.) One such mass is called a Tailgut Cyst […] |
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