Intraspinal synovial cysts: A retrospective study

Neurology India

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 38-41

  Acharya, R ^a   Patwardhan, R V ^a   Smith, D R ^a   Willis, B K ^a   Fowler, M ^a   Nanda, A ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Extradural; Facet joint; Spine; Synovial cyst

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BACKACHE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR SPINE; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RADICULAR PAIN; RADICULOPATHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPINAL SYNOVIAL CYST; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SYMPTOM; SYNOVIAL CYST; THORACIC SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33646733436     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.24700     Document Type: Review

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