Thoracic juxtafacet cyst (JFC) as a rare cause of myelopathy - An additional reference to support the instability theory

Joint Bone Spine

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 178-180

  Daentzer, Dorothea ^a   Stüder, Doris ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Instability; Juxtafacet cyst; Myelopathy; Synovial cyst; Thoracic spine

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPRESSION FRACTURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; RARE DISEASE; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINE INSTABILITY; SYNOVIAL CYST; THORACIC JUXTAFACET CYST; THORACIC SPINE; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KYPHOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL FUSION; SPINAL OSTEOCHONDROSIS; SYNOVIAL CYST; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 77949566737     PISSN: 1297319X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbspin.2009.06.004     Document Type: Article

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