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Lumbar Juxtafacet Cyst Treated with Direct Needle Aspiration Under the Guidance of Image Intensifier

영상증폭기하에서 직접적 바늘 흡인술로 치료한 요추 후관절 주위 낭종

  • Received : 2019.05.05
  • Accepted : 2019.07.15
  • Published : 2020.06.30

Abstract

A lumbar juxtafacet cyst is a rare disease that causes low back pain, radiculopathy and neurological claudication by compressing the nerve roots. A 34-year-old male complained of severe low back pain and radicular pain in the right lower extremity. Magnetic resonance images revealed a cyst at the lateral recess of the spinal canal between the L3-4 disc and posterior facet joint that extended to the L4 body level. Under the guidance of an image intensifier, needle aspiration of the cyst was performed, which extracted 1.5 ml of serous, yellowish colored fluid. After the aspiration, the symptoms subsided dramatically. The follow-up magnetic resonance images showed no recurrence of the cyst. To the best of the author's knowledge, there are no reports of lumbar juxtafacet cyst treated with needle aspiration in Korea. This case is reported with a review of the relevant literature.

요추 후관절 주위 낭종은 신경근을 누름으로써 요통과 방사통, 신경성 파행을 일으킬 수 있는 드문 질환이다. 34세 남자가 심한 요통 및 우측 하지 방사통을 호소하였다. 자기공명영상에서 척추관 내에서 제3-4번 요추 추간판과 제4번 요추체 후면까지 우측으로 위치한 낭종이 보였다. 영상증폭기 감시하에서 주사 바늘 흡인을 시행하여 1.5 ml의 장액성의 노란 액체가 흡인되었다. 흡인 치료 후, 증상들이 즉각적으로 소실되었다. 자기공명영상 추시 촬영에서 낭종의 재발소견이 보이지 않았다. 저자들이 아는 한 국내에서는 요추 후관절 주위 낭종에 대한 직접적 바늘 흡인 치료에 대한 보고가 전혀 없기에 이 증례를 문헌 고찰과 함께 보고하는 바이다.

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