Traumatic intraspinal extradural ganglion cyst in a teenager: case report and review of the literature.
Spinal extradural cyst is a rare cause of spinal cord or nerve root compression. We present a case which is unique due to both the young age of the patient and its distinctly acute haemorrhagic presentation. In what is normally considered a degenerative disease in older patients this has implications for the possibility of a traumatic aetiology in children. The literature on the classification of extradural cysts is reviewed.
Vasani
Sarju S
SS
Department of Neurosurgery, Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel, London, UK.
Demetriades
Andreas K
AK
Joshi
Shabin M
SM
Yeh
John
J
Ellamushi
Habib
H
D000293:Adolescent; D045888:Ganglion Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000293:injuries*; D008297:Male; D012916:Soccer / Q000293:injuries*; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery