Radicular compression due to lumbar intraspinal gas pseudocyst: case report.
A case of sciatic pain syndrome is reported. Computed tomography showed evidence of gas in the spinal canal, and at operation a gas-filled pseudocyst was found in the spinal canal, without herniated disc. The cause of this unique case is discussed in relation to the spinal vacuum phenomenon.
Demierre
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Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital of Geneva, Switzerland.
Ramadan
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A
Hauser
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H
Reverdin
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A
Rilliet
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B
Berney
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J
D000328:Adult; D003560:Cysts / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D005740:Gases; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D012585:Sciatica / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D013115:Spinal Canal / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D013126:Spinal Nerve Roots; D013396:Suction; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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