Rapid spontaneous resolution of lumbar ganglion cysts: A case report

Table 2 Regression of lumbar ganglion cyst: Our case and 25 from literature

	Author/Yr	Age	Sex	Level/ Side	Classification1	Imaging	Instability	Symptoms	Duration	Deficit	Treat-ment	Imag-ing control/Time	Instability control	Control	Out-come2
1	Mercader et al[2], 1985	65	F	L4-L5/ right	Med-Int	CT	SPL	Rad	8 mo	\	Rest-NSAID-KT-brace	CT reduction/3 mo	SPL	3 mo	Good
2	Coulier et al[4], 1998	47	F	L4-L5/bilat	Med/ Med	CT	NR	LBP	NR	\	Brace	CT/20 mo: left resolution, right reduced	NR	20 mo	Excel-lent
3	Maezawa et al[5], 2000	15	M	L4-L5/left	Med	MRI	NR	LBP + Rad	2 mo	\	Brace	MRI resolution/3 mo	NR	3 mo	Excel-lent
4	Houten et al[6], 2003	64	M	L4-L5/ right	NA	MRI	NR	LBP + Rad	7 mo	\	Conservative (na)	MRI resolution/1 mo (na images)	NR	1 mo	Good
5		57	F	L4-L5/left	NA	MRI	NR	Rad	5 mo	\	NSAID-gabap-entin	MRI resolution/8 mo (na images)	NR	8 mo	Good
6		58	F	L4-L5/left	Med-Ext	MRI	NR	LBP + Rad	18 mo	\	Conservative (na)	MRI resolution/4 mo	NR	4 mo	Good
7	Swartz et al[7], 2003	58	F	L5-S1/ right	Med-Ext	MRI	SPL	Rad	1 mo	\	Rest-NSAID-KT-brace	MRI resolution/18 mo	SPL	12 mo	Good
8	Cox[8], 2005	71	M	L3-L4/ right	NA	MRI	NR	Rad	6 mo	\	Rest-NSAID- chiropractic	MRI reduction/9 mo	NR	9 mo	Good
9		59	F	L4-L5/left	Med-Ext	MRI	IFFa	Rad	NR	\	Rest-NSAID-chirop-ractic	Not performed	NR	2 mo	Excellent
10	Ewald et al[9], 2005	65	F	L4-L5/ right	Med-Ext	MRI	SPL	Rad	5 mo	\	Rest-NSAID-KT	MRI reduction/3 mo	SPL	3 mo	Good
11	Illerhaus et al[10], 2005	50	M	L4-L5/ right	Med-Int	MRI	IFFa	LBP + Rad	12 mo	\	NSAID-KT	MRI resolution/7 mo	IFFa	7 mo	Good
12	Beukelaar et al[11], 2010	59	M	L4-L5/ right	Med	MRI	IFFa	LBP + Rad	2 mo	L5 S	Conservative (na)	MRI reduction/3 mo	IFFb	3 mo	Excellent
13	Bashir et al[12], 2012	47	M	L4-L5/ right	NA	MRI	NR	Rad	6 mo	\	Rest-NSAID-KT	Not performed	NR	24 mo	Excellent
14		58	M	L4-L5/left	Med	MRI	IFFa	Rad	3 mo	\	Rest-NSAID-KT	MRI resolution/2 mo (na images)	NR	2 mo	Excellent
15		41	M	L5-S1/ right	NA	MRI	NR	Rad	12 mo	\	Rest-NSAID-KT	Not performed	NR	24 mo	Excellent
16	Barazi et al[13], 2012	48	F	L4-L5/ right	NA	MRI	NR	Rad	NR	\	Conservative (na)	MRI resolution/8 mo (na images)	NR	8 mo	Good
17	Cox et al[14], 2012	75	M	L3-L4/left	Med-Int	MRI	NR	Rad	36 mo	\	Chiropractic	Not performed	NR	2 mo	Good
18	Tepe et al[15], 2012	64	M	L5-S1/left	Ext	MRI	SPL	Rad	2 mo	L5 S	Conservative (na)	MRI reduction/1 yr, resolu-tion/4 yr	SPL	12 mo	Good
19	Mattei et al[16], 2012	56	M	L5-S1/ right	Med	MRI	IFFa	Rad	NR	S1 S	NSAID-KT	MRI resolution/13 mo	IFFa	1 mo	Excellent
20	Pulhornet al[17], 2012	72	M	L4-L5/ right	Med-Ext	MRI	IFFa	LBP	NR	\	Conservative (na)	MRI resolution/18 mo	IFFa	18 mo	Excellent
21	Ngo et al[18], 2013	58	F	L4-L5/ right	Med-Ext	MRI	NR	LBP + Rad	5 d	\	SAID-chiropractic	Not performed	NR	3 mo	Excellent
22	Kim et al[19], 2015	58	M	L3-L4/left	Med-Ext	MRI	SPL	LBP + Rad	4 mo	\	Conservative (na)	MRI resolution/4 yr	SPL	1 mo	Excellent
23	Delen et al[20], 2015	63	M	L5-S1/left	Med	MRI	IFFa	LBP + Rad	1 mo	S1 S	NSAID-gabapentin	MRI resolution/1 mo	↑IFF	1 mo	Excellent
24	Sinha et al[21], 2016	66	M	L5-S1/left	Med-Int	MRI	NR	LBP + Rad	12 mo	\	Conservative (na)	MRI resolution/12 mo	NR	12 mo	Good
25	Ucler et al[22], 2017	36	F	L4-L5/ right	Med-Ext	MRI	IFFa	LBP + Rad	10 d	\	Rest	MRI resolution/2 d	IFFa	2 d	Excellent
26	Our case	51	M	L4-L5/ right	Med-Ext	MRI	IFFa	LBP + Rad	10 d	\	Rest-NSAID-SAID-brace	MRI resolution/1 mo	IFFb	1 mo	Excellent

¹Domenicucci et al[1];

²Macnab[3]; SPL: Spondylolisthesis; IFF: Interfacet fluid; LBP: Low back pain; Rad: Radiculopathy; S: Sensory deficits; NSAID: Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug; SAID: Steroidal anti-inflammatory drug; KT: Kinesiotherapy; NR: Not reported; NA: Not available data; med: Medial; int: Internal; ext: External; MRI: Magnetic resonance; CT: Computed tomography;

^aIncrease;

^bDecrease.