MAGNETIC-RESONANCE-IMAGING OF A THORACIC INTRASPINAL SYNOVIAL CYST

Authors
FRITZ RC KAISER JA WHITE AH DELONG WB GAMBURD RS
Citation
Rc. Fritz et al., MAGNETIC-RESONANCE-IMAGING OF A THORACIC INTRASPINAL SYNOVIAL CYST, Spine (Philadelphia, Pa. 1976), 19(4), 1994, pp. 487-490
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Orthopedics
Journal title
Spine (Philadelphia, Pa. 1976) → ACNP
ISSN journal
03622436
Volume
19
Issue
4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
487 - 490
Database
ISI
SICI code
0362-2436(1994)19:4<487:MOATIS>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
A 50-year-old woman presented with mid-thoracic back pain that radiate d to the left rib cage in a radicular manner. Magnetic resonance imagi ng revealed an extradural mass compressing the left T9 nerve root. The mass was adjacent to a degenerated T9-10 facet joint with an enhancin g low signal intensity rim. Recognition of the characteristic imaging findings of an intraspinal synovial cyst resulted in the correct preop erative diagnosis despite the unusual location of this lesion at T9-10 .