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01-11-2008 | Technical Note

Atlantoaxial Joint Synovial Cyst: Diagnosis and Percutaneous Treatment

Authors: Osvaldo Velán, Alejandra Rabadán, Lisandro Paganini, Luciano Langhi

Published in: CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology | Issue 6/2008

Abstract

Synovial cysts at the atlantoaxial level are found uncommonly. Lumbar symptomatic cases are treated by percutaneous cyst aspiration with or without corticoid injection or by surgical resection, but synovial cysts at the C1-C2 level are usually treated by surgery. We report here a 92-year-old woman with a retro-odontoid synovial cyst producing spinal cord compression that was treated by percutaneous aspiration of the cyst under CT guidance. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of an atlantoaxial synovial cyst successfully treated with a minimally invasive procedure.

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Title: Atlantoaxial Joint Synovial Cyst: Diagnosis and Percutaneous Treatment
Authors: Osvaldo Velán
Alejandra Rabadán
Lisandro Paganini
Luciano Langhi
Publication date: 01-11-2008
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology / Issue 6/2008
Print ISSN: 0174-1551
Electronic ISSN: 1432-086X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-008-9347-z

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