• J Radiol · Feb 2005

    Case Reports

    [Percutaneous treatment of a gas containing epidural pseudocyst: an uncommon cause of sciatica].

    • H Rajhi, G Morvan, E Hmaied, and P Heissler.
    • Service d'Imagerie Médicale EPS Charles Nicolle, Boulevard 9 Avril 1934, 1006 Tunis. hatem.rajhi@topnet.tn
    • J Radiol. 2005 Feb 1; 86 (2 Pt 1): 164-6.

    AbstractGas containing epidural pseudocyst is a rare cause of lumbar radicular compression. We present the case of a 42 year old woman presenting with right L5 radicular pain. CT showed vacuum phenomenon and a gas containing epidural pseudocyst compressing the right L5 root. Resolution of radicular pain occurred following CT guided aspiration and steroid injection. The patient remained asymptomatic at one year follow-up.

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