Case 101: Lumbar facet synovial cyst

Radiology

Volumn 241, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 618-621

  Marichal, Daniel A ^a,b   Bertozzi, J Christopher ^a   Rechtine, Glenn ^a   Murtagh, F Reed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; CALCIUM PYROPHOSPHATE; LIDOCAINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; STEROID;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHRONIC PAIN; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GRANULATION TISSUE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JOINT; LEG PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORTHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCOLIOSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYNOVIAL CYST; SYNOVIUM; T1 WEIGHTED IMAGES; T2 WEIGHTED IMAGES;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; SYNOVIAL CYST; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33750306198     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2412040339     Document Type: Article

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