Intraspinal posterior epidural cysts associated with Baastrup's disease: report of 10 patients

AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2004 Jan;182(1):191-4. doi: 10.2214/ajr.182.1.1820191.

Abstract

Objective: This study was performed to describe the association of posterocentral epidural cysts with interspinous bursal fluid in Baastrup's disease using MRI and interspinous bursography.

Conclusion: Interspinous bursal fluid in Baastrup's disease can extend into the posterocentral epidural space and cause various degrees of central canal stenosis. Bursography alone or combined with CT allows documentation of abnormal communicating channels between the interspinous bursa and epidural cyst.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Bursa, Synovial / diagnostic imaging
  • Cysts / diagnostic imaging
  • Cysts / etiology*
  • Cysts / pathology
  • Epidural Space* / diagnostic imaging
  • Epidural Space* / pathology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Osteosclerosis / complications*
  • Radiography
  • Spinal Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Spinal Diseases / etiology*
  • Spinal Diseases / pathology
  • Spinal Osteophytosis / complications*