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Cervical cyst of the ligamentum flavum and C7-T1 subluxation: case report

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A patient with progressive gait disturbance resulting from a cyst of the cervical ligamentum flavum associated with C7-T1 listhesis is reported. Surgical removal of the cyst improved the patient’s myelopathy. Intraspinal degenerative cysts are preferentially located in the lumbar region:unusual is the cervical localization. Differential diagnosis includes ligamentum flavum cyst, synovial and ganglion cysts. Association between degenerative intraspinal cysts and listhesis is discussed. To our knowledge, this is the first case of cyst of the ligamentum flavum associated with cervical subluxation.

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To the best of our knowledge, our case represents the first report of a ligamentum flavum cyst in association with a cervicothoracic subluxation.

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, San Giovanni-Addolorata Hospital, Rome, Italy

    Roberto Gazzeri

  2. Department of Neurosurgery, Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy

    Marcelo Galarza, Leonardo Gorgoglione & Vincenzo D’Angelo

  3. Department of Neuropathology, Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy

    Michele Bisceglia

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Gazzeri, R., Galarza, M., Gorgoglione, L. et al. Cervical cyst of the ligamentum flavum and C7-T1 subluxation: case report. Eur Spine J 14, 807–809 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-005-0913-7

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