TY - JOUR
T1 - Lumbar synovial cyst as a cause of low back pain and acute radiculopathy
T2 - A case report
AU - Kouyialis, Andreas T.
AU - Boviatsis, Efstathios J.
AU - Korfias, Stefanos
AU - Sakas, Damianos E.
PY - 2005/2
Y1 - 2005/2
N2 - The authors report the case of a 69-year old female with a persistent history of low back pain. Plain lumbar radiographs, performed at symptom initiation, revealed lumbar spondylolisthesis. Low back pain was attributed to this, and the patient received conservative treatment with partial relief of symptoms. Four years later, and as a result of acute onset of radicular symptoms, a lumbar spine magnetic resonance imaging scan was performed, revealing an epidural cystic lesion. The cyst was removed, and histopathology revealed a synovial cyst.
AB - The authors report the case of a 69-year old female with a persistent history of low back pain. Plain lumbar radiographs, performed at symptom initiation, revealed lumbar spondylolisthesis. Low back pain was attributed to this, and the patient received conservative treatment with partial relief of symptoms. Four years later, and as a result of acute onset of radicular symptoms, a lumbar spine magnetic resonance imaging scan was performed, revealing an epidural cystic lesion. The cyst was removed, and histopathology revealed a synovial cyst.
KW - Epidural space
KW - Low back pain
KW - Lumbar spine
KW - Synovial cyst
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U2 - 10.1097/01.SMJ.0000129792.92433.B6
DO - 10.1097/01.SMJ.0000129792.92433.B6
M3 - Article
C2 - 15759954
AN - SCOPUS:14044254170
SN - 0038-4348
VL - 98
SP - 223
EP - 225
JO - Southern Medical Journal
JF - Southern Medical Journal
IS - 2
ER -