Subaxial cervical synovial cyst presenting with myelopathy

Abstract

<jats:p content-type="fine-print">✓ Synovial cysts occur infrequently in the spinal canal and are most often associated with degenerative facet joints. Despite the prevalence of degenerative spinal disease, symptomatic synovial cysts are extremely uncommon. There have been only two previously reported cases of subaxial degenerative synovial cysts of the cervical spine in patients who presented with a clinical picture of spinal cord compression. The authors report three additional patients treated for degenerative cervical synovial cysts who presented with myelopathy. In all three patients the cyst was successfully excised and a good clinical outcome achieved.</jats:p>

The role of spinal fusion in the treatment of cervical synovial cysts: a series of 17 cases and meta-analysis

“…[1][2][3][4]6,[8][9][10][11][12]15,17,[19][20][21][22][25][26][27][28][29][30][31]33,34,36,38,39,42,43,[45][46][47][48][49][50][51][52][53][54][56][57][58][60][61][62][63][64][66][67][68][69] We also included our own 17 cases from the present study in the analysis, bringing the total number of articles to 54 and the total number of patients to 101. Ther...…”

Ganglion cyst of the spinal anterior longitudinal ligament presenting as a retropharyngeal mass

“…[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15] In only 1 case was the location of a synovial cyst within the cervical anterior longitudinal ligament. 1 The etiology of these cysts includes degenerative, traumatic, congenital, and inflammatory causes.…”

“…1,2,5,9,13,14 Magnetic resonance imaging seems to be the superior radiologic technique in the diagnosis of spinal cystic lesions owing to its capacity to demonstrate an enhancement of the cystic rim. [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][13][14][15] …”

“…[1][2][3][4]6,7 An extensive search of the literature revealed reports of only 30 individual cases with cysts located about the cervical spine. [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15] The largest series included 3 cases, and none of these reports were published in the otolaryngologic literature. 8 Twenty-six cases were synovial cysts, and only 1 presented as a retropharyngeal mass.…”

“…[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15] The largest series included 3 cases, and none of these reports were published in the otolaryngologic literature. 8 Twenty-six cases were synovial cysts, and only 1 presented as a retropharyngeal mass. 1 Only 4 reports exist for ganglion cysts located in the cervical region.…”