An expanding cervical synovial cyst causing acute cervical radiculopathy

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 331-333

  Miwa, Masahiko ^a   Doita, Minoru ^b,c   Takayama, Hiroyuki ^a   Muratsu, Hirotsugu ^a   Harada, Toshihiko ^a   Kurosaka, Masahiro ^b  

^a Hyogo Prefectural Kakogawa Hospital   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Magnetic resonance imaging; Synovial cysts

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SYNOVIAL CYST; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT DEGENERATION; NECK PAIN; NERVE PARALYSIS; NERVE ROOT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESTHESIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYNOVIAL CYST; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL CANAL; CERVICAL SPINE; DISEASE COURSE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADICULOPATHY; SYNOVIAL CYST;

EID: 4043072151     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bsd.0000095892.46978.6e     Document Type: Article

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