title: Intervertebral disk cyst: a case report.
abstract: This case describes a patient who presented with chronic low back pain which developed over the course of 1 year. Imaging revealed a 1.1-cm cystic lesion at the L4-L5 vertebral level posterior to the intervertebral disk. Following both magnetic resonance and computed tomography imaging, diagnosis of intervertebral disk cyst was confirmed by both imaging modalities. A computed tomography-guided aspiration of the lesion was performed, and the patient was given a course of steroid injections with complete resolution of the lesion.
authors.affiliation: University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Department of Radiology, Oklahoma City, OK, USA.
authors.forename: Emily R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Norman
authors.forename: Douglas P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Beall
authors.forename: Charles A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Kitley
authors.forename: Justin Q
authors.initials: JQ
authors.lastname: Ly
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003287:Contrast Media; D003560:Cysts / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media