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Radiculopathy Caused by Discal Cyst

  • Kim, Sae Young (Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Keimyung University School of Medicine)
  • Received : 2013.08.22
  • Accepted : 2013.09.03
  • Published : 2014.01.01
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Abstract

Discal cyst is an intraspinal cyst with a distinct communication with the corresponding intervertebral disc. It is a rare condition and could present with radiculopathy similar to that caused by lumbar disc herniation. We present a patient with a large discal cyst in the ventrolateral epidural space of the $5^{th}$ lumbar vertebral (L5) level that communicated with the adjacent $4^{th}$ lumbar and $5^{th}$ lumbar intervertebral disc, causing L5 radiculopathy. We alleviated the radiating pain with selective transforaminal epidural blocks.

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