Spontaneous hemorrhage into a lumbar synovial cyst.
case_report · Level V
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- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 20174835.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1007/s00586-010-1332-y and PMC identifier 2899648.
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Abstract
Lumbar synovial cysts frequently present with back pain, chronic radiculopathy and/or progressive symptoms of spinal canal compromise. These cysts generally appear in the context of degenerative lumbar spinal disease. Few cases of spontaneous hemorrhage into synovial cysts have been reported in the literature.
Medical subject headings
- Hematoma, Epidural, Spinal
- Lumbar Vertebrae
- Radiculopathy
- Synovial Cyst
- Zygapophyseal Joint
Anatomy
- lumbar spine