title: [A case of lumbar ganglion cyst causing radiculopathy].
abstract: Ganglion cysts represent a rare pathology mostly encountered in the lumbar region of the spinal column. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed a ganglion cyst at the L4-5 level in a 46-year-old woman who had a complaint of long-standing pain in her right leg. The cyst was completely excised following total laminectomy at L4. After surgery, her symptoms and neurological signs completely disappeared.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology (Ortopedi ve Travmatoloji Anabilim Dali), Medicine Faculty of Mersin University, Mersin, Turkey. amilcan@mersin.edu.tr
authors.forename: Abtullah
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Milcan
authors.forename: Cengiz
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ozdemir
authors.forename: Tuba
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Karabacak
authors.forename: Meltem Nas
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Duce
authors.forename: Celal
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bağdatoğlu
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D045888:Ganglion Cysts / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007796:Laminectomy; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000209:etiology; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged