Lumbar synovial cyst with chronic viral hepatitis: A case series and literature review.

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Lumbar synovial cyst with chronic viral hepatitis: A case series and literature review.

J Clin Neurosci. 2018 Apr 30;:

Authors: Lee SY, Kwon S, Chung SG, Kim DK, Lee SU, Kim K

Abstract
Cystic dilatation of synovial sheath, one of the targets of extra-hepatic manifestations associated with liver disease, is a main pathologic finding of lumbar synovial cyst (LSC). However, LSCs are not well documented in correlation with chronic viral hepatitis. In this case series, three patients with chronic viral hepatitis presented with radiating pain in the unilateral lower extremities. On magnetic resonance imaging of the lumbar spine, all had unilateral LSCs at the facet joint of the lumbar spine. Two did not have definite spinal instability at the LSC level. Ultimately, all three showed clinical improvements following epidural spine interventions.

PMID: 29724648 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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