Lumbar intraspinal extradural ganglion cysts.
The lumbar intraspinal epidural ganglion cyst has been a rare cause of the low back pain or leg pain. Ganglion cysts and synovial cysts compose the juxtafacet cysts. Extensive studies have been performed about the synovial cysts, however, very little has been known about the ganglion cyst. Current report is about two ganglion cysts associated with implicative findings in young male patients. We discuss about the underlying pathology of the ganglion cyst based on intraoperative evidences, associated disc herniation at the same location or severe degeneration of the ligament flavum that the cyst originated from in young patients.
Cho
Sung Min
SM
Department of Neurosurgery, Gangneung Asan Hospital, College of Medicine, University of Ulsan, Gangneung, Korea.
Rhee
Woo Tack
WT
Choi
Soo Jung
SJ
Eom
Dae Woon
DW
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