title: Solitary bone cyst of the cervical spine--case report.
abstract: A 63-year-old female presented with an extremely rare solitary bone cyst in the spine involving the C-5 vertebral body. Computed tomography showed an air-density area inside the cyst, without postcontrast enhancement. Magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated a low-intensity lesion on both T1- and T2-weighted images. At surgery, the cyst cavity contained no fluid. Histological examination of the surgical specimen revealed that the cyst wall was lined by a thin fibrous membrane. This rare bone cyst may have originated from a defect in the epiphyseal plate of the vertebral body.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Fukui Medical School.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakagawa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kawano
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kubota
mesh_terms: D001845:Bone Cysts / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed