Midline lumbar ganglion/synovial cyst mimicking an epidural tumor: case report and review of pathogenesis

Neurosurgery. 1988 Aug;23(2):232-4. doi: 10.1227/00006123-198808000-00019.

Abstract

A case of a midline lumbar extradural ganglion/synovial cyst causing lumbar canal stenosis and mimicking an epidural tumor is presented. The lesion was demonstrated by a magnetic resonance imaging study, and relief of symptoms was achieved with decompressive laminectomy and total removal of the mass. The pathogenesis of lumbar ganglion/synovial cyst is reviewed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Back Pain / etiology
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Extremities
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Laminectomy
  • Lumbosacral Region
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Pain / etiology
  • Radiography
  • Spinal Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Spinal Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Spinal Diseases / surgery
  • Spinal Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Synovial Cyst / diagnosis*
  • Synovial Cyst / diagnostic imaging
  • Synovial Cyst / surgery