Compression of thoracic nerve root by a facet joint synovial cyst: case report

Surg Neurol. 1992 Nov;38(5):338-40. doi: 10.1016/0090-3019(92)90018-i.

Abstract

Synovial cysts are not an uncommon feature in the mobile spinal segments. The lack of reports at the thoracic level has stimulated us to present this patient with compression of the 10th dorsal root.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Nerve Compression Syndromes / etiology*
  • Spinal Diseases / complications
  • Spinal Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Spinal Nerve Roots*
  • Synovial Cyst / complications
  • Synovial Cyst / diagnosis*
  • Thoracic Nerves*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed