Open AccessSpinal synovial cysts causing neurological deficit
Author(s) -
Emerson Magno F. de Andrade,
Raphael Vicente Alves,
Mariano E. Fiore,
Airton Batista de Araújo,
Antônio Carlos Montanaro,
Roberto Godoy
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
jornal brasileiro de neurocirurgia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2446-6786
pISSN - 0103-5118
DOI - 10.22290/jbnc.v21i2.837
Subject(s) - medicine , synovial cyst , asymptomatic , etiology , presentation (obstetrics) , nerve root , neurological deficit , cyst , surgery , differential diagnosis , spinal cord , lumbar , spinal cord compression , pathology , psychiatry
Synovial cysts of the spine are usually asymptomatic, rarely causing nerve root or spinal cord compression. The authors report on two cases of spinal synovial cysts. One patient harbored a cervical cyst causing myelophaty, and a secondpatient had a lumbar cyst with gradual development of radiculopathy. In both cases the patients had improvement of the symptoms and good outcome after surgical removal of the cysts. Synovial cysts should be considered in the differential diagnosis of any spinal extradural masses. The literature is reviewed and the etiological, clinical presentation, diagnosis and treatment are discussed.