Lumbar Intradural Ganglion Cyst

Po-An Tai1, Tin-Chou Li1

  • 1Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, New Taipei City; and Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Buddhist Tzu Chi University, Hualien County, Taiwan.

World Neurosurgery
|January 3, 2016
PubMed
Summary

A rare intradural ganglion cyst in the lumbar spine caused leg pain in an elderly patient. Surgical removal completely relieved symptoms, highlighting surgical extirpation as the preferred treatment for this unusual condition.