| Autor: |
Can Bayrak, Siegfried Müller, Walter Back, Christian Scheller |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2023 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery, Vol 34, Iss , Pp 101807- (2023) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2214-7519 |
| DOI: |
10.1016/j.inat.2023.101807 |
| Popis: |
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. |
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