A case of cervical juxtafacet cyst with extensive rim enhancement on Gd-DTPA MRI

作者：Sasamori Toru^*; Hida Kazutoshi; Anzai Kimio; Yano Shunsuke; Kato Yasutaka; Tanaka Shinya; Saito Hisatoshi; Houkin Kiyohiro

来源：Clinical Imaging, 2014, 38(2): 199-201.

DOI：10.1016/j.clinimag.2013.10.002

• Juxtafacet cyst
• Rim enhancement
• Chronic inflammation
• Venous engorgement

The authors reported a case of cervical juxtafacet cyst with extensive rim enhancement on gadolinium-diethylenetriamine pentaacid magnetic resonance imaging. Operative finding revealed the epidural space around the mass filled with abundant venous plexus. Histological examination demonstrated that cyst wall was composed of the well-vascularized fibrous connective tissue with some inflammatory changes. We speculate that extensive rim enhancement of juxtafacet cyst may be attributed not only to the chronic inflammatory changes of cyst wall, but to engorged venous plexus within the widened epidural space.

• 出版日期2014-4