Spontaneous regression of an intraspinal disc cyst.
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.
Demaerel
P
P
Department of Radiology, University Hospitals, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium. Philippe.Demaerel@uz.kuleuven.ac.be
Eerens
I
I
Goffin
J
J
Wilms
G
G
D000328:Adult; D003560:Cysts / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae