J Korean Neurosurg Soc.
1999 Jun;28(6):835-838.
Intraspinal Ganglion Cyst in the Lumbar Spine
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- 1Department of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea.
Abstract
- Authors report a ganglion cyst located in spinal canal. The ganglion cyst is soft and movable mass in connective tissue around peripheral joints or tendon sheath. It has been rarely reported in lumbar spine. Symptoms and signs are usually difficult to distinguish it from other etiologies of radicular pain. The extradurally located ganglion cyst at L4-5 level which caused back pain and sciatica was removed with partial hemilaminectomy. Radiological finding of cyst in MRI may be variable, according to the composition of the cyst. Based on our experience and pertinent literatue, a ganglion cyst should be considered in the differential diagnosis of radicular pain in the presence of degenerative changes of the lumbar spine.
