Korean J Spine.  2011 Mar;8(1):70-73. 10.14245/kjs.2011.8.1.70.

A Case of Intraspinal Gas-containing Cyst associated with Severe Lumbar Spondylosis

• Lim TK
• Park CW
• Lee SG
• Kim WK

• KMID: 2288443
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.14245/kjs.2011.8.1.70

Abstract

Intraspinal gas collection is rare and also can be a cause of lumbar radiculopathy. Occasionally, the gas formation makes a severe pain which results from nerve root compression. We report a patient who had a radiculopathy caused by the gascontaining cyst in L3-L4 associated with severe spondylosis.

Keyword

Lumbosacral Region; Nerve Root Compression; Intervertebral Disk Degeneration; Gas Formation

MeSH Terms

Humans
Intervertebral Disc Degeneration
Lumbosacral Region
Radiculopathy
Spondylosis