Open AccessLumbar discal cyst: Diagnostic discography followed by therapeutic computed tomography-guided aspiration and injection
Author(s) -
Yoshimi Endo,
Theodore T. Miller,
Gregory Saboeiro,
Paul Cooke
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of radiology case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.154
H-Index - 18
ISSN - 1943-0922
DOI - 10.3941/jrcr.v8i12.2087
Subject(s) - medicine , discography , computed tomography , radiology , lumbar , cyst , low back pain , back pain , intervertebral disc displacement , lumbar vertebrae , intervertebral disk , surgery , pathology , alternative medicine
Discal cysts are extradural masses that communicate with the intervertebral disk and are a rare cause of lower back pain and lumbar radiculopathy. This case report describes a lumbar discal cyst, the diagnosis of which was confirmed on conventional discography, and which was treated with computed tomography-guided aspiration and steroid injection. Several reports have described this procedure, but only one in the radiology literature, and thus the purpose of this report is to remind the radiology community of the existence of this entity and propose a minimally invasive means of treatment.