J Korean Neurosurg Soc.
2011 Jun;49(6):384-386. 10.3340/jkns.2011.49.6.384.
Sudden Foot Drop Caused by Foraminal Gas Pseudocyst
- Affiliations
-
- 1Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Chosun University, Gwangju, Korea.
- 2Department of Neurosurgery, Heori Sarang Hospital, Daejeon, Korea.
- 3Department of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine, Chosun University, Gwangju, Korea. ns64902@hanmail.net
- KMID: 2066842
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.3340/jkns.2011.49.6.384
Abstract
- A foraminal gas pseudocyst is a rare cause of lumbar radiculopathy. The association with a sudden foot drop has not been previously reported. Here, a 67-year-old woman with sudden foot drop on the left side is reported. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging identified a foraminal gas containing lesion compressing the left L5 root at the L5-S1 foramen. The foraminal gas containing lesion compressing the L5 ganglion was successfully removed by the posterior approach. The histological diagnosis was a gas pseudocyst. This unique case of surgically proven gas pseudocyst indicates that it should be included in the differential diagnosis of patients presenting with sudden foot drop.
Keyword
- Full Text Links
-
- Actions
-
Cited
- CITED
-
- Close
- Share
-
- Similar articles
-
- Isolated Painless Foot Drop due to Cerebral Infarction Mimicking Lumbar Radiculopathy: A Case Report
- L2 Radicular Compression Caused by a Foraminal Extradural Gas Pseudocyst
- Cerebral Infarction Producing Sudden Isolated Foot Drop
- Surgical Correction of Foot Drop in Leprosy
- A Modified Approach of Percutaneous Endoscopic Lumbar Discectomy (PELD) for Far Lateral Disc Herniation at L5-S1 with Foot Drop
