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Hiding in Plain Sight: Tarlov/Perineural Cysts

Half-Hour Television Documentary

Everyone knows the devastation of cancer yet Tarlov cysts, while more rare and little known, can be every bit as debilitating and life changing. Unfortunately, only a handful of physicians worldwide are knowledgeable about and willing to treat Tarlov cysts.

A television documentary entitled Hiding in Plain Sight: Tarlov/Perineural Cysts features Dr. Frank Feigenbaum as a neurosurgeon devoted to pioneering the challenges of Tarlov cysts. Patients from across the globe are benefitting from his state-of-the-art surgical technique.

For many patients, finding help for Tarlov Cysts Disease is a process that can take months or even years. The half –hour program Hiding in Plain Sight will be carried on public television and is being produced by a group of Emmy-award-winning professionals.

The documentary will share compelling, real life stories of patients who have searched for relief from this debilitating disease and explore the new research and medical advancements that are providing real hope for the future.

Production is underway and completion funding resources are being sought. Working with the Tarlov Cyst Disease Foundation, the hope is that the program will be ready for distribution in 2012.