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The Prevalence and Pathogenesis of Synovial Cysts Within the Ligamentum Flavum in Patients With Lumbar Spinal Stenosis and Radiculopathy
Spine, 11/02/09

Wilby MJ et al. – Cysts having an extensive or meagre synovial cell lining are common in the LF of patients with symptomatic lateral or central stenosis. The cysts communicate with the FJ by a bursa–type channel within the LF. Advanced osteoarthritis of the FJ causes the liberation of fragments of cartilage and bone into the synovial fluid of the joint space. This enables some fragments to escape from the joint into the channel and become lodged within its wall where they provoke granulation tissue and scar formation. The tissue response to articular debris may block the synovial–lined channel to cause synovial cyst formation.