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We report a case of intraspinal synovial cyst with sciatic pain diagnosed by CT, that showed spontaneous resolution and clinical improvement with medical treatment and comment on another two cases of this unusual entity discovered among over 1500 spinal CT explorations.
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Mercader, J., Gomez, J.M. & Cardenal, C. Intraspinal synovial cyst: diagnosis by CT. Neuroradiology 27, 346–348 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00339570
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00339570