Symptomatic intraosseous synovial cyst in the cervical spine: a case report.
METHODS
A case report and review of the literature are presented.


OBJECTIVE
To describe an unusual location for a cervical synovial cyst and to review characteristic presentations and findings of synovial cysts in the cervical spine.


BACKGROUND
Synovial cysts in the cervical spine are rare. To date, only 27 have been reported in the literature. None, however, has been reported as cysts involving or eroding into the vertebral body.


METHODS
A single case of an intraosseous synovial cyst in the cervical spine is presented with a review of the literature.


RESULTS
History, examination, and radiographic evaluation suggested an intraosseous cystic lesion, which pathologically was determined to be synovial in origin.


CONCLUSIONS
We present a case of a cervical synovial cyst in a previously undescribed intraosseous location in the cervical spine, treated successfully with surgical excision.
Jost
Sarah C
SC
Department of Neurosurgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA.
Hsien Tu
Pang
P
Wright
Neill M
NM
D000368:Aged; D001845:Bone Cysts / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012196:Review Literature as Topic; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013581:Synovial Cyst / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery