[A case of lumbar ganglion cyst causing radiculopathy]
Abtullah Milcan1, Cengiz Ozdemir, Tuba Karabacak
1Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology (Ortopedi ve Travmatoloji Anabilim Dali), Medicine Faculty of Mersin University, Mersin, Turkey. amilcan@mersin.edu.tr
Acta Orthopaedica Et Traumatologica Turcica
|April 5, 2005
Abstract:
Ganglion cysts represent a rare pathology mostly encountered in the lumbar region of the spinal column. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed a ganglion cyst at the L4-5 level in a 46-year-old woman who had a complaint of long-standing pain in her right leg. The cyst was completely excised following total laminectomy at L4. After surgery, her symptoms and neurological signs completely disappeared.
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