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European Spine Journal
Published in: European Spine Journal 2/2010

01-07-2010 | Case Report

Cervical synovial cyst: case report and review of literature

Authors: Francesco Costa, Claudia Menghetti, Andrea Cardia, Maurizio Fornari, Alessandro Ortolina

Published in: European Spine Journal | Special Issue 2/2010

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Abstract

Synovial cysts, typically observed in the lumbar spine eventually associated with degenerative changes of the facet joints, only rarely present in the cervical spine. Up to now, only 28 symptomatic cases are described in literature. Typically, the treatment of these cases is a decompressive laminectomy followed by complete surgical removal of the lesion. The authors present the case of an 84-year-old man with a symptomatic synovial cyst involving the space between C7 and T1.
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Metadata
Title
Cervical synovial cyst: case report and review of literature
Authors
Francesco Costa
Claudia Menghetti
Andrea Cardia
Maurizio Fornari
Alessandro Ortolina
Publication date
01-07-2010
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
European Spine Journal / Issue Special Issue 2/2010
Print ISSN: 0940-6719
Electronic ISSN: 1432-0932
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-009-1094-6

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