title: Spontaneous hemorrhage into a lumbar synovial cyst.
abstract: Lumbar synovial cysts frequently present with back pain, chronic radiculopathy and/or progressive symptoms of spinal canal compromise. These cysts generally appear in the context of degenerative lumbar spinal disease. Few cases of spontaneous hemorrhage into synovial cysts have been reported in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Neurocirugia, Hospital 12 de Octubre, Av Andalucia km 5.4, 28041 Madrid, Spain. marta.cicuendez@gmail.com
authors.forename: Marta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cicuendez
authors.forename: Jose F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Alen
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ramos
authors.forename: Ramiro D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Lobato
authors.forename: Alfonso
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lagares
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001416:Back Pain / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D046748:Hematoma, Epidural, Spinal / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000098:blood supply / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D011843:Radiculopathy / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D011859:Radiography; D013126:Spinal Nerve Roots / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D055009:Spondylosis / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D013581:Synovial Cyst / Q000098:blood supply / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D021801:Zygapophyseal Joint / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology*