Rare Thoracolumbar Facet Synovial Cyst Presenting as Paraparesis

Spinal cord compressing syndrome due to synovial cyst (SC) of the thoracolumbar spine is a rare clinical condition. In this report we aim to heighten awareness of the thoracolumbar facet synovial cyst as a possible cause of thoracic myelopathy. The SC was removed thoroughly by laminectomy. The patie...

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Autores principales: Dahuja, Anshul, Dahuja, Gitanshu, Kaur, Rashmeet
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Spinal Neurosurgery Society 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4623182/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26512282
http://dx.doi.org/10.14245/kjs.2015.12.3.193
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description Spinal cord compressing syndrome due to synovial cyst (SC) of the thoracolumbar spine is a rare clinical condition. In this report we aim to heighten awareness of the thoracolumbar facet synovial cyst as a possible cause of thoracic myelopathy. The SC was removed thoroughly by laminectomy. The patient had an excellent recovery. The etiological and therapeutic aspects are discussed.
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spelling pubmed-46231822015-10-28 Rare Thoracolumbar Facet Synovial Cyst Presenting as Paraparesis Dahuja, Anshul Dahuja, Gitanshu Kaur, Rashmeet Korean J Spine Case Report Spinal cord compressing syndrome due to synovial cyst (SC) of the thoracolumbar spine is a rare clinical condition. In this report we aim to heighten awareness of the thoracolumbar facet synovial cyst as a possible cause of thoracic myelopathy. The SC was removed thoroughly by laminectomy. The patient had an excellent recovery. The etiological and therapeutic aspects are discussed. The Korean Spinal Neurosurgery Society 2015-09 2015-09-30 /pmc/articles/PMC4623182/ /pubmed/26512282 http://dx.doi.org/10.14245/kjs.2015.12.3.193 Text en Copyright © 2015 The Korean Spinal Neurosurgery Society http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title Rare Thoracolumbar Facet Synovial Cyst Presenting as Paraparesis
title_full Rare Thoracolumbar Facet Synovial Cyst Presenting as Paraparesis
title_fullStr Rare Thoracolumbar Facet Synovial Cyst Presenting as Paraparesis
title_full_unstemmed Rare Thoracolumbar Facet Synovial Cyst Presenting as Paraparesis
title_short Rare Thoracolumbar Facet Synovial Cyst Presenting as Paraparesis
title_sort rare thoracolumbar facet synovial cyst presenting as paraparesis
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4623182/
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