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In some unusual circumstances it could be linked to a rare aetiology.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Case presentation<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>We report a 70-year-old man with an 8-month history of left posterior thigh and leg pain who had sudden confusion after a fall from standing. It was due to cerebral fat embolism suspected by computed tomography scan, later confirmed by brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). A spinal MRI scan was then performed and revealed a sacral fracture which drained into an unknown perineurial cyst (Tarlov cyst). Under medical observation the patient fully recovered within three weeks.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>Sacral perineurial cysts are rare, however they remain a potential cause of lumbosacral radiculopathy.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/1471-227x-10-18","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2010,8,17]],"date-time":"2010-08-17T06:13:58Z","timestamp":1282025638000},"update-policy":"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":17,"title":["Confusion after spine injury: cerebral fat embolism after traumatic rupture of a Tarlov cyst: Case report"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"10","author":[{"given":"Corina M","family":"Duja","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Christophe","family":"Berna","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"St\u00e9phane","family":"Kremer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Claude","family":"G\u00e9ronimus","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jacques","family":"Kopferschmitt","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Pascal","family":"Bilbault","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2010,8,15]]},"reference":[{"key":"111_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"363","DOI":"10.1056\/NEJM200102013440508","volume":"344","author":"AD Richard","year":"2001","unstructured":"Richard AD, Weinstein JN: Low back pain. 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