Lumbar hemorrhagic synovial cysts: Diagnosis, pathogenesis, and treatment. Report of 3 cases

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 385-390

  Ramieri, Alessandro ^a   Domenicucci, Maurizio ^b   Seferi, Arsen ^b   Paolini, Sergio ^a   Petrozza, Vincenzo ^b   Delfini, Roberto ^b  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE DON CARLO GNOCCHI   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Lumbar spine; Surgery; Synovial cyst hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYSTECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYALINE DEGENERATION; INFLAMMATION; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RADICULAR PAIN; REVIEW; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SYNOVIAL CYST; TENDON REFLEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33644883323     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2005.07.073     Document Type: Article

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