Indexing
Volume 3
Issue 4
Percutaneous ligamentum flavum cyst rupture by interlaminar epidural approach - A case report and literature review
A ligamentum flavum cyst (LFC) was first reported by Moiel et al. in
1967 [1]. It represents a rare cause of lumbar nerve root compression
or spinal stenosis. LFC is a juxtafacet cyst (JFC), which was reported
in 1974 to describe synovial and ganglion cysts that are adjacent to the
facet joints [2]. A previous study evaluated cystic origins intraoperatively in 58 cases and suggested that JFCs may originate from three anatomic structures and present as facet cysts, flavum cysts, and posterior
longitudinal ligament (PLL) cysts [3]. The cyst causes back pain and
lower leg pain. The treatment of choice is surgical intervention, and
conservative treatment is also one of the treatments.
DOI: 10.55920/IJCIMR.2022.03.001132
Pachydermoperiostosis (Touraine–Solente–Gole syndrome) imitating Acromegaly
PDP is the primary form of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy (HOA)
which should be distinguished from the secondary form of HOA,
which is much more frequent and mostly associated with severe pulmonary disease, bronchogenic carcinoma, lung empyema, bronchiectasis, congenital heart disease, and thyroid or GI malignancy 1. It
was first described by Friedreich2 in 1868, who called it ‘Hyperostosis
of the entire skeleton’. In 1907, Unna named the term ‘cutis verticis
gyrate’ for thick, transversely folded skin of scalp and forehead.
DOI: 10.55920/IJCIMR.2022.03.001131
