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Title: | Massive obstruction of the spinal canal and progressive cervical myelopathy due to osseous hypertrophy of a facet joint : a case report |
Author(s): | Bayrak, Can Müller, Siegfried Back, Walter ![]() Scheller, Christian ![]() |
Issue Date: | 2023 |
Type: | Article |
Language: | English |
Abstract: | Cervical spondylotic myelopathy is one of the most common causes of cervical spinal cord dysfunction. A 65-year-old patient was admitted with slowly-progressing myelopathic symptoms. Imaging studies indicated a massive lesion, which was thought to be a primary bone tumor. Laminectomy and microsurgical resection of the suspected lesion with a posterior approach at the C4 level was performed. Histopathological examination showed a hypertrophic facet joint. Age-related degenerative changes and adaptation mechanisms result in hypertrophy of the joint and synovial cyst formation. In our case, it was enormous and could be easily mistaken for a tumorous process. Such extensive hypertrophic changes are rarely addressed in the literature and should be considered as a differential diagnosis. |
URI: | https://opendata.uni-halle.de//handle/1981185920/117150 http://dx.doi.org/10.25673/115194 |
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Journal Title: | Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Publisher Place: | Amsterdam [u.a.] |
Volume: | 34 |
Original Publication: | 10.1016/j.inat.2023.101807 |
Appears in Collections: | Open Access Publikationen der MLU |
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