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Review
. 2010 Jul;19 Suppl 2(Suppl 2):S100-2.
doi: 10.1007/s00586-009-1094-6. Epub 2009 Jul 15.

Cervical synovial cyst: case report and review of literature

Francesco Costa  1 , Claudia Menghetti, Andrea Cardia, Maurizio Fornari, Alessandro Ortolina
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Cervical synovial cyst: case report and review of literature

Francesco Costa et al. Eur Spine J. 2010 Jul.

Abstract

Synovial cysts, typically observed in the lumbar spine eventually associated with degenerative changes of the facet joints, only rarely present in the cervical spine. Up to now, only 28 symptomatic cases are described in literature. Typically, the treatment of these cases is a decompressive laminectomy followed by complete surgical removal of the lesion. The authors present the case of an 84-year-old man with a symptomatic synovial cyst involving the space between C7 and T1.

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Fig. 1
a, b (Sagital–assial) pre-operative T2 weight MRI: right extradural lesion between C7 and T1; c, d pre-operative CT scan after contrast injection: enhancement of the cyst wall; e, f post-operative T2-weight MRI control: complete removal of the syovial cyst
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Fig. 2
Photomicrography showing thin fibrous wall covered by pavimented cells, compatible with SC
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