Brown-Séquard Syndrome Caused by a Cervical Synovial Cyst
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Brown-Séquard Syndrome Caused by a Cervical Synovial Cyst
Synovial cysts are recognized as an uncommon cause of radicular and myelopathic symptoms. They are most frequently found in the lumbar region. The cervical spine or cervicothoracic junction is a rare location for a degenerative intraspinal synovial cyst as compared with the lumbar spine. At given cervical spinal levels, synovial cysts probably share clinical features with disc herniation and st...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2005-3711,1598-7876
DOI: 10.3340/jkns.2014.55.4.215