title: Symptomatic intraosseous synovial cyst in the cervical spine: a case report.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA.
authors.forename: Sarah C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Jost
authors.forename: Pang
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hsien Tu
authors.forename: Neill M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Wright
mesh_terms: 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