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Spinal Stenosis/diagnostic imaging , Tomography, X-Ray Computed , Adult , Aged , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Spinal Stenosis/surgeryABSTRACT
Four patients (aged 5, 7, 18, and 42) suffering from spinal cord involvement due to an aneurysmal bone cyst are reported. In two cases only a preoperative radiological diagnosis was made, one of them by a CT scan. Combined surgical and radiological treatments were done in three cases with a follow-up of 16 years in one patient and 9 years in the other two. In the fourth case, presenting with a C1 lesion, after radical excision and curettage X-ray therapy was not instituted. Pathological and radiological manifestations are discussed. Therapeutic measures are reviewed.
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Bone Cysts/diagnosis , Spinal Neoplasms/diagnosis , Adolescent , Adult , Bone Cysts/pathology , Bone Cysts/therapy , Child , Child, Preschool , Diagnosis, Differential , Female , Follow-Up Studies , Humans , Male , Spinal Neoplasms/pathology , Spinal Neoplasms/therapyABSTRACT
A rare case is described of giant swelling of the soft tissue around the knee joint. A large popliteal cyst was present, the fleshy walls of which penetrated the muscle layers of the calf. The place of arthrography in diagnosis is stressed. The yellow-brown mass was confirmed histologically to be pigmented villonodular synovitis. The mechanism of formation of a popliteal cyst is discussed. The differential diagnosis and treatment are reviewed briefly: our preference is for radical surgery.
