Lumbar discal cyst in an elite athlete

Our patient, a 22-year-old starting wide receiver for an NCAA Division I football team, presented with low back pain and sciatica. A lumbar-spine MRI without contrast demonstrated findings suspicious for discal cyst. The patient was referred for surgery, and the lesion was resected. The rarity of di...

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Autores principales: Singleton, Alex, Agarwal, Vikas, Casagranda, Bethany, Hughes, Marion A., Rothfus, William E.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4900195/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27330612
http://dx.doi.org/10.2484/rcr.v8i1.764
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description Our patient, a 22-year-old starting wide receiver for an NCAA Division I football team, presented with low back pain and sciatica. A lumbar-spine MRI without contrast demonstrated findings suspicious for discal cyst. The patient was referred for surgery, and the lesion was resected. The rarity of discal cyst makes it difficult to diagnose because most radiologists are not aware of the entity. An organized approach to diagnosis can facilitate appropriate management.
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spelling pubmed-49001952016-06-17 Lumbar discal cyst in an elite athlete Singleton, Alex Agarwal, Vikas Casagranda, Bethany Hughes, Marion A. Rothfus, William E. Radiol Case Rep Article Our patient, a 22-year-old starting wide receiver for an NCAA Division I football team, presented with low back pain and sciatica. A lumbar-spine MRI without contrast demonstrated findings suspicious for discal cyst. The patient was referred for surgery, and the lesion was resected. The rarity of discal cyst makes it difficult to diagnose because most radiologists are not aware of the entity. An organized approach to diagnosis can facilitate appropriate management. Elsevier 2015-12-07 /pmc/articles/PMC4900195/ /pubmed/27330612 http://dx.doi.org/10.2484/rcr.v8i1.764 Text en © 2013 The Authors. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4900195/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.2484/rcr.v8i1.764
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