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L5 radicular pain related to a cystic lesion of the posterior longitudinal ligament

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A 35-year-old man with a long history of left L5 radicular pain was found to have an intraspinal cystic lesion causing radicular compression. Magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated a round lesion situated in the anterior epidural space, with uniform high signal intensity on T2-weighted sequences characteristic of a cystic lesion. During surgery a liquid-containing cyst originating from the posterior longitudinal ligament was punctured and resected. The histologic aspect was that of a ganglion cyst without synovial layers. The radiologic differential diagnoses are discussed.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Hospital Tenon, 4 rue de la Chine, 75020 Paris, France, , , , , , FR

    C. Le Breton, J. Awky, A. Khalil & J. M. Bigot

  2. Department of Orthopedics, Hospital Tenon, 4 rue de la Chine, 75020 Paris, France, , , , , , FR

    C. Garreau de Loubresse & T. Judet

  3. Department of Pathology, Hospital Tenon, 4 rue de la Chine, 75020 Paris, France, , , , , , FR

    M. Sibony

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Received: 20 December 1999; Revised: 15 March 2000; Accepted: 16 March 2000

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Le Breton, C., Garreau de Loubresse, C., Awky, J. et al. L5 radicular pain related to a cystic lesion of the posterior longitudinal ligament. Eur Radiol 10, 1812–1814 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s003300000445

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