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Arch Phys Med Rehabil · Dec 2002
Case ReportsFluoroscopically guided aspiration of a symptomatic lumbar zygapophyseal joint cyst: a case report.
- Gregory E Lutz and Timothy C Shen.
- Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY. lutzg@hss.edu
- Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2002 Dec 1;83(12):1789-91.
AbstractLumbar zygapophyseal joint cysts are potential pain generators in patients with axial pain and/or lower-limb radicular pain. The traditional treatment of symptomatic cysts that do not respond to conservative measures is surgical decompression. Percutaneous needle aspiration under fluoroscopic guidance is a potential minimally invasive treatment option. We present a patient with a large symptomatic L4-5 zygapophyseal joint cyst and right L5 radiculopathy who responded well to percutaneous aspiration.Copyright 2002 by the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
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