Lumbar root compression by a gas-containing cyst in the extradural space. Case report.
The case report describes a patient with acute sciatica of three months duration, resulting from lumbar root compression by a gas containing cyst in the extradura space. This condition is related to vacuum disc phenomenon, because the gas appears to have originated from within the adjacent disc space.
Simonetti
G
G
Department of Neurosurgery, CTO Hospital, Rome, Italy.
Martino
V
V
Santilli
S
S
Chiappetta
F
F
D000328:Adult; D003560:Cysts / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D004824:Epidural Space; D005740:Gases / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007403:Intervertebral Disc; D008297:Male; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000209:etiology*; D012585:Sciatica / Q000209:etiology*; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000378:metabolism; D013126:Spinal Nerve Roots; D014618:Vacuum
D005740:Gases