title: Spontaneous regression of an intraspinal disc cyst.
abstract: We present a patient with a so-called disc cyst. Its location in the ventrolateral epidural space and its communication with the herniated disc are clearly shown. The disc cyst developed rapidly and regressed spontaneously. This observation, which has not been reported until now, appears to support focal degeneration with cyst formation as the pathogenesis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University Hospitals, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium. Philippe.Demaerel@uz.kuleuven.ac.be
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Demaerel
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Eerens
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Goffin
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wilms
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003560:Cysts / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae