Symptomatic epidural hematoma caused by lumbar synovial cyst rupture: Report of two cases and review of the literature

Neurosurgery

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2005, Pages

  Wait, Scott D ^a   Douglas Jones, F ^b   Lonser, Russell R ^c   Stuart Lee, K ^b  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cauda equina; Epidural hematoma; Lumbar; Spinal surgery; Synovial cyst

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; BACKACHE; CASE REPORT; CAUDA EQUINA SYNDROME; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLAUDICATION; CYST RUPTURE; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; EXCISION; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULAR PAIN; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SYMPTOM; SYNOVIAL CYST;

AGED; HEMATOMA, EPIDURAL, SPINAL; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; SYNOVIAL CYST;

EID: 18244362067     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000158499.99266.CB     Document Type: Review

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