Synovial cyst--an unusual cause of nerve root compression. A case report
Hammer, A.J.
South African Medical Journal 73(1): 44-45
1988
ISSN/ISBN: 0256-9574 PMID: 3340901 Document Number: 307411
An elderly woman presented with a tense, synovia-lined ganglion, associated with the left L3/L4 apophyseal joint, which protruded posteriorly and caudally through the joint capsule and extended anteriorly and cephally into the neural canal. The intraspinal extension produced a compression radiculopathy of the L3 nerve root. Removal of the cyst produced acute and dramatic alleviation of the symptoms.