Facet cyst in the lumbar spine: Radiological and histopathological findings and possible pathogenesis

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 398-403

  Kusakabe, Takashi ^a   Kasama, Fumio ^b   Aizawa, Toshimi ^b   Sato, Tetsuro ^b   Kokubun, Shoichi ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Facet joint; Ganglion cyst; Histopathological study; Lumbar spine; Synovial cyst

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHROGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTIC FIBER; FACET CYST; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JOINT DEGENERATION; LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SPINE SURGERY; SYNOVIAL CYST; SYNOVIOCYTE; ADOLESCENT; CYST; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE DISEASE; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROGRAPHY; CYSTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EID: 34347231161     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/spi.2006.5.5.398     Document Type: Article

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