A synovial cyst of the spine is a fluid-filled sac that develops along the spine. It may cause pain, tingling, or cramping in the lower back and legs. Treatment may include medications, observation, ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I have a lumbar synovial cyst. Is there any way, besides surgery, to treat the cyst, such as by aspiration? ANSWER: Although surgery is the only definitive way of removing this type ...

Q: One of my relatives has had lower-back pain, and they diagnosed her with a synovial cyst. They tried to put a needle in it to take out the fluid, and now they want to do surgery. What is this ...

Posterior-Only Spinal Fusion Feasible in Parkinson’s Disease For patients with spinal synovial cysts, the majority who undergo surgery have excellent or good outcomes. (HealthDay News) – For patients ...

Objective: To determine the presence of intraforaminal synovial cysts resulting in nerve root compression. Methods: A 26 year old man presenting with left leg pain was admitted. He had no motor, ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I had two synovial cysts removed from lumbar four and five in my lower back. They have since grown back and more are forming. What are my treatment options? Synovium is the name of ...

The size of the cyst is significant, considering that the average length of the entire spinal cord of a 12-year-old is between 40 and 42 cm. A senior neurosurgeon from Sangam City, Dr Prakash Khetan, ...

A 39-year-old female with an intraspinal extradural arachnoid cyst of the lumbar spine presented with intermittent radiating lumbar pain. The magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed a dorsal spinal ...

This week we are going to discuss a very common problem in the knee which is often misunderstood and is sometimes difficult to resolve, the Baker’s cyst. The Baker’s cyst or popliteal cyst is also ...

A senior neurosurgeon from Sangam City, Dr Prakash Khetan, has successfully performed a complex surgery, removing a 14 cm cyst from the longitudinal axis of the middle part (dorsal cord) of the spine ...