Cervical juxtafacet cyst combined with spinal dysraphism

Clin Imaging. 2008 Sep-Oct;32(5):387-9. doi: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2008.02.034.

Abstract

Juxtafacet cysts of the cervical and thoracic spine are rare and often cause radiculopathy or myelopathy. We present a case of a patient with radicular pain and early onset myelopathy. A juxtafacet cyst at the cervico-thoracic junction combined with discal herniation and spina bifida occulta was diagnosed with computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Laminectomy with removal of the cyst was the treatment and the patient recovered rapidly.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Cervical Vertebrae / pathology
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Gadolinium
  • Humans
  • Laminectomy / methods*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods
  • Male
  • Neck Pain / diagnosis
  • Neck Pain / etiology
  • Pain Measurement
  • Rare Diseases
  • Risk Assessment
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Spinal Cord Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Spinal Cord Diseases / etiology
  • Spinal Diseases / complications
  • Spinal Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Spinal Diseases / surgery
  • Spinal Dysraphism / complications
  • Spinal Dysraphism / diagnosis*
  • Synovial Cyst / complications
  • Synovial Cyst / diagnosis*
  • Synovial Cyst / surgery
  • Thoracic Vertebrae / pathology
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Zygapophyseal Joint / pathology*
  • Zygapophyseal Joint / surgery

Substances

  • Gadolinium