Rheumatoid Cyst Causing Extradural Compression
- 1 September 1970
- journal article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery
- Vol. 52 (6) , 1235-1240
- https://doi.org/10.2106/00004623-197052060-00017
Abstract
Ompressed the cauda equina, and extended posteriorly into the subcutaneous tissue. A fifty-two-year-old woman with chronic rheumatoid arthritis came to us with Pain in the left lower extremity and a subcutaneous mass in the lumbar region. A rheumatoid cyst extended from the joint between the articular processes of the third lumbar vertebra on the left into the epidural space, compressed the cauda equina, and extended posteriorly into the subcutaneous tissue. Copyright © 1970 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Incorporated...Keywords
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