Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 1972;54:423-428.
© 1972 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc
Intrasacral Cyst
REPORT OF A CASE AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE
CHET J. JANECKI M.D.1,
CARL L. NELSON M.D.1, and
DONALD F. DOHN M.D.1
1 From the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and the Department of Neurologic Surgery, the Cleveland Clinic Foundation and the Cleveland Clinic Educational Foundation, Cleveland
A case of a patient with symptomatic intrasacral cyst mimicking a primary lesion of the sacrum is presented. The etiology, clinical features, roentgenographic and myelographic appearance, differential diagnosis, and surgical treatment of intrasacral cysts are reviewed.