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Treatment of Cervical Perineural Cyst by the Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injection

경추간공 경막외 스테로이드 주사를 통한 경추부 신경초 낭종의 치료

  • Hwang, Jae-Kwang (Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Gangneung Asan Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine) ;
  • Choi, Shin Woo (Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Gangneung Asan Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine) ;
  • Kim, Chung-Hwan (Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Gangneung Asan Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine)
  • 황재광 (울산대학교 의과대학 강릉아산병원 정형외과학교실) ;
  • 최신우 (울산대학교 의과대학 강릉아산병원 정형외과학교실) ;
  • 김정환 (울산대학교 의과대학 강릉아산병원 정형외과학교실)
  • Received : 2019.06.02
  • Accepted : 2019.07.05
  • Published : 2020.04.30

Abstract

Perineural cysts are usually discovered incidentally; only approximately one percent of such cysts are symptomatic. Symptomatic cervical perineural cysts, of which only five case reports have been found in the literature, are extremely rare and there is no consensus regarding treatment. When a cervical perineural cyst is discovered in a patient with cervical radiculopathy without the cause of other apparent compression, the cyst can be considered as a possible cause of cervical radiculopathy. In such cases, non-surgical conservative treatment can be considered before any surgical intervention. We reported the successful treatment of case of a 40-year-old woman with a symptomatic cervical perineural cyst by oral steroids and transforaminal epidural steroid injection.

신경초 낭종은 임상적으로 흔히 관찰되기는 하나 그 중에 약 1%만이 증상을 야기한다. 특히 증상을 일으키는 경추부 신경초 낭종은 매우 드물어 5예의 문헌보고만 있을 뿐이며 치료에 대한 원칙 또한 정립되어 있지 않다. 경추부 신경병증을 호소하는 환자에서 다른 명확한 압박의 원인 없이 경추부 신경초 낭종이 발견되었을 경우에 신경초 낭종은 경추부 신경근병증의 원인으로 고려할 수 있다. 이러한 경추부 신경초 낭종은 수술적 치료 이전에 비수술적 보존적 치료를 먼저 고려할 수 있다. 저자들은 40세 여자환자에서 경구 스테로이드 복용 및 경추간공 경막외 스테로이드 주사를 통하여 증상을 일으키는 경추부 신경초 낭종의 효과적 치료를 경험한 바, 이를 문헌 고찰과 함께 살펴보고자 한다.

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