Bilateral Ganglion Cysts of the Ligamentum Flavum in the Cervical Spine Causing a Progressive Cervical Radiculomyelopathy and Literature Review
Joint Authors
Son, Byung-chul
Choi, Jin-gyu
Kim, Juneki
Source
Case Reports in Neurological Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2017, Issue 2017 (31 Dec. 2017), pp.1-5, 5 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2017-07-31
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
5
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Here we report a unique case of bilateral ganglion cysts originating from the ligamentum flavum in the cervical spine.
Degenerative cysts of the ligamentum flavum are rare lesions, and most had been reported in the lumbar spine.
Its occurrence in the cervical spine is extremely rare: only eight have been reported.
A 66-year-old male patient presented with progressive paraparesis, pain, and paresthesia in his bilateral T1 dermatomes that had lasted for three weeks.
Magnetic resonance imaging of the cervical spine demonstrated a well-demarcated cystic lesion in the bilateral dorsolateral aspects of the C7/T1 segment and significant compression of the cervical cord.
All case reports of ganglion cysts of the cervical ligamentum flavum including the present one showed characteristic symptoms and signs of myelopathy such as paraparesis or quadriparesis associated with varying degrees of paresthesia or pain in the upper extremities.
Ganglion cysts of the cervical ligamentum flavum are considered a cause of cervical radiculomyelopathy due to cervical intraspinal cystic lesions.
Bilateral occurrence and associated subluxation of the involved cervical segments again support the degenerative pathogenesis of ganglion cysts of the ligamentum flavum in the cervical spine.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Kim, Juneki& Choi, Jin-gyu& Son, Byung-chul. 2017. Bilateral Ganglion Cysts of the Ligamentum Flavum in the Cervical Spine Causing a Progressive Cervical Radiculomyelopathy and Literature Review. Case Reports in Neurological Medicine،Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-5.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Kim, Juneki…[et al.]. Bilateral Ganglion Cysts of the Ligamentum Flavum in the Cervical Spine Causing a Progressive Cervical Radiculomyelopathy and Literature Review. Case Reports in Neurological Medicine No. 2017 (2017), pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1147139
American Medical Association (AMA)
Kim, Juneki& Choi, Jin-gyu& Son, Byung-chul. Bilateral Ganglion Cysts of the Ligamentum Flavum in the Cervical Spine Causing a Progressive Cervical Radiculomyelopathy and Literature Review. Case Reports in Neurological Medicine. 2017. Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1147139
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1147139