[A woman with a postoperative lumbar swelling]. / Een vrouw met een postoperatieve lumbale zwelling.

A 65-year-old woman had developed a large lumbar swelling in a period of four weeks following lumbar laminectomy. An MRI-scan revealed a large fluid collection, which had formed from the spinal canal. The diagnosis 'liquorcele', a rare complication of spine surgery, was established.