Magnetic resonance imaging of a thoracic intraspinal synovial cyst

A 50-year-old woman presented with mid-thoracic back pain that radiated to the left rib cage in a radicular manner. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed an extradural mass compressing the left T9 nerve root. The mass was adjacent to a degenerated T9-10 facet joint with an enhancing low signal intensi...

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Published inSpine (Philadelphia, Pa. 1976) Vol. 19; no. 4; p. 487
Main Authors Fritz, R C, Kaiser, J A, White, A H, DeLong, W B, Gamburd, R S
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 15.02.1994
Subjects
Female
Humans
Laminectomy
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Middle Aged
Nerve Compression Syndromes - etiology
Spinal Diseases - complications
Spinal Diseases - diagnosis
Spinal Diseases - surgery
Spinal Nerve Roots
Synovial Cyst - complications
Synovial Cyst - diagnosis
Synovial Cyst - surgery
Thorax
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Summary:A 50-year-old woman presented with mid-thoracic back pain that radiated to the left rib cage in a radicular manner. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed an extradural mass compressing the left T9 nerve root. The mass was adjacent to a degenerated T9-10 facet joint with an enhancing low signal intensity rim. Recognition of the characteristic imaging findings of an intraspinal synovial cyst resulted in the correct preoperative diagnosis despite the unusual location of this lesion at T9-10.
ISSN:0362-2436
DOI:10.1097/00007632-199402001-00023