Cervical and thoracic juxtafacet cysts causing neurologic deficits

Spine

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 970-973

  Stoodley, Marcus A ^a   Jones, Nigel R ^b   Scott, Grace ^c  

^a ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL AND VETERINARY SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Ganglion cyst; Juxtafacet cyst; Myelopathy; Radiculopathy; Spinal cord; Synovial cyst; Thoracic spine

Indexed keywords

AGED; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYST; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; THORACIC SPINE;

AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CYSTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PAIN; PARAPARESIS; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL DISEASES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0034656083     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200004150-00012     Document Type: Conference Paper

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