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Thoracic Synovial Cyst at the Th2-3 Level Causing Myelopathy

Intraspinal synovial cyst is a rare cause of myelopathy. These cysts present most often in the lumbar and cervical parts of the spine but are more infrequent in the thoracic spine. We present a case of a 73-year-old man with an intraspinal, extradural synovial cyst at the Th2-3 level causing paraest...

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Autores principales: Sundskarð, Martin M., Gaini, Shahin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5610893/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29082053
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/6257294
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description Intraspinal synovial cyst is a rare cause of myelopathy. These cysts present most often in the lumbar and cervical parts of the spine but are more infrequent in the thoracic spine. We present a case of a 73-year-old man with an intraspinal, extradural synovial cyst at the Th2-3 level causing paraesthesia and weakness in the legs. A laminectomy and excision of the cyst were performed and the patient recovered fully. In the thoracic spine, synovial cysts are almost exclusively found in the lower part. Laminectomy, with excision, is the treatment of choice, although steroid injections have been described.
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spelling pubmed-56108932017-10-29 Thoracic Synovial Cyst at the Th2-3 Level Causing Myelopathy Sundskarð, Martin M. Gaini, Shahin Case Rep Neurol Med Case Report Intraspinal synovial cyst is a rare cause of myelopathy. These cysts present most often in the lumbar and cervical parts of the spine but are more infrequent in the thoracic spine. We present a case of a 73-year-old man with an intraspinal, extradural synovial cyst at the Th2-3 level causing paraesthesia and weakness in the legs. A laminectomy and excision of the cyst were performed and the patient recovered fully. In the thoracic spine, synovial cysts are almost exclusively found in the lower part. Laminectomy, with excision, is the treatment of choice, although steroid injections have been described. Hindawi 2017 2017-09-07 /pmc/articles/PMC5610893/ /pubmed/29082053 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/6257294 Text en Copyright © 2017 Martin M. Sundskarð and Shahin Gaini. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_full Thoracic Synovial Cyst at the Th2-3 Level Causing Myelopathy
title_fullStr Thoracic Synovial Cyst at the Th2-3 Level Causing Myelopathy
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title_short Thoracic Synovial Cyst at the Th2-3 Level Causing Myelopathy
title_sort thoracic synovial cyst at the th2-3 level causing myelopathy
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5610893/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29082053
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/6257294
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