Lumbar Intraspinal Extradural Ganglion Cysts |
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| Authors: | Sung Min Cho Woo Tack Rhee Soo Jung Choi and Dae Woon Eom |
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| Institution: | 1Department of Neurosurgery, Gangneung Asan Hospital, College of Medicine, University of Ulsan, Gangneung, Korea.;2Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Gangneung Asan Hospital, College of Medicine, University of Ulsan, Gangneung, Korea.;3Department of Pathology, Gangneung Asan Hospital, College of Medicine, University of Ulsan, Gangneung, Korea. |
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| Abstract: | The lumbar intraspinal epidural ganglion cyst has been a rare cause of the low back pain or leg pain. Ganglion cysts and synovial cysts compose the juxtafacet cysts. Extensive studies have been performed about the synovial cysts, however, very little has been known about the ganglion cyst. Current report is about two ganglion cysts associated with implicative findings in young male patients. We discuss about the underlying pathology of the ganglion cyst based on intraoperative evidences, associated disc herniation at the same location or severe degeneration of the ligament flavum that the cyst originated from in young patients. |
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| Keywords: | Ganglion cyst Synovial cyst |
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