Acute Bilateral Foot Drop as Presenting Symptom of Hemorrhagic Synovial Cyst of Lumbar Spine.

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Acute Bilateral Foot Drop as Presenting Symptom of Hemorrhagic Synovial Cyst of Lumbar Spine.

World Neurosurg. 2017 Dec;108:999.e7-999.e9

Authors: Börekci A, Kuru Bektaşoğlu P, Gürer B, Çelikoğlu E

Abstract
BACKGROUND: Acute bilateral foot drop is a rare clinical presentation.
CASE DESCRIPTION: A 77-year-old male presented with acute bilateral weakness of the foot and ankle dorsiflexion. Magnetic resonance imaging of the lumbar spine revealed ligamentum flavum hypertrophy, as well as a mass lesion that appeared hyperintense on T1-weighted images and hypointense on T2-weighted images. Emergent decompressive laminectomy and hemorrhagic synovial cyst excision were performed. Histopathologic examination of the tissue revealed a synovial cyst with hemorrhage.
CONCLUSION: Here, we describe a unique case of a hemorrhagic synovial cyst with a presenting symptom of acute bilateral foot drop.

PMID: 28951268 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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