title: [A woman with a postoperative lumbar swelling].
abstract: A 65-year-old woman had developed a large lumbar swelling in a period of four weeks following lumbar laminectomy. An MRI-scan revealed a large fluid collection, which had formed from the spinal canal. The diagnosis 'liquorcele', a rare complication of spine surgery, was established.
authors: St. Antonius Ziekenhuis, afd. Neurologie en Neurochirurgie, Nieuwegein, the Netherlands. hannamaihulshof@gmail.com
authors: Hanna M
authors: HM
authors: Hulshof
authors: Patric H J M
authors: PH
authors: Elsenburg
authors: Stephan T F M
authors: ST
authors: Frequin
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001510:Bed Rest; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007796:Laminectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012086:Reoperation; D013115:Spinal Canal / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome