title: Degenerative intraspinal cyst of the cervical spine.
abstract: We describe two cases of degenerative intraspinal cyst of the cervical spine that caused a gradually progressive myelopathy. One case had a cyst that arose from the facet joint and the other case had a cyst that formed in the ligamentum flavum. The symptoms improved immediately after posterior decompression by cystectomy with laminoplasty.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, Saisei Hospital, Chiba, Japan.
authors.forename: Hidetoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nojiri
authors.forename: Yoshio
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sakuma
authors.forename: Soichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Uta