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Degenerative intraspinal cyst of the cervical spine

We describe two cases of degenerative intraspinal cyst of the cervical spine that caused a gradually progressive myelopathy. One case had a cyst that arose from the facet joint and the other case had a cyst that formed in the ligamentum flavum. The symptoms improved immediately after posterior decom...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Nojiri, Hidetoshi, Sakuma, Yoshio, Uta, Soichi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PAGEPress Publications 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3143991/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21808679
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/or.2009.e17
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Sumario:We describe two cases of degenerative intraspinal cyst of the cervical spine that caused a gradually progressive myelopathy. One case had a cyst that arose from the facet joint and the other case had a cyst that formed in the ligamentum flavum. The symptoms improved immediately after posterior decompression by cystectomy with laminoplasty.