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The presence and absence of lymphatic vessels in the adult human intervertebral disc: relation to disc pathology
Skeletal Radiology, 09/08/09

Kliskey K et al. – These findings indicate that lymphatic vessels are not present in the normal adult intervertebral disc but that, when there is extrusion of disc material into surrounding soft tissue, there is ingrowth of reparative fibrous tissue containing lymphatic vessels. These findings also indicate that chordoma, a tumour of notochordal origin, spreads to regional lymph nodes via lymphatics in para–spinal soft tissues.

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