An instance of an atypical intraspinal cyst presenting as S1 radiculopathy: A case report and brief review of pathophysiology

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1021-1025

  DePalma, Michael J ^a,f   Strakowski, Jeffrey A ^b,e   Mandelker, Eiran M ^c   Zerick, William R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Musculoskeletal Radiology   (United States)

^d Spinal Neurosurgery   (United States)

^e RIVERSIDE METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f Dodd Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Case report; Cysts; Radiculopathy; Rehabilitation; Spondylolysis

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; BACKACHE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RADICULOPATHY; REVIEW; SACRAL SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD CYST; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ARTICLE; CYST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; PATHOLOGY; SPONDYLOLYSIS;

ADULT; CYSTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; RADICULOPATHY; SPONDYLOLYSIS;

EID: 3042670212     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2003.09.017     Document Type: Article

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