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Ligamentum Flavum Cysts Causing Incapacitating Lumbar Spinal Stenosis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 December 2014

Salvatore DiMaio ,
Eric Marmor ,
Stephan Albrecht  and
Gérard Mohr
Salvatore DiMaio
Affiliation:
Division of Neurosurgery, Sir Mortimer B. Davis - Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
Eric Marmor
Affiliation:
Division of Neurosurgery, Sir Mortimer B. Davis - Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
Stephan Albrecht
Affiliation:
Division of Pathology, Sir Mortimer, B. Davis - Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
Gérard Mohr
Affiliation:
Division of Neurosurgery, Sir Mortimer B. Davis - Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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Abstract:

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Background:

Cysts of the ligamentum flavum are rare and unusual causes of spinal compression.

Methods:

We report our experience of four cases of ligamentum flavum cysts occurring in the lumbar spine and discuss some of the possible etiologies and pathophysiologic mechanisms according to the available literature.

Conclusion:

This entity is clearly different from the synovial facet-joints or ganglion cysts.

Résumé:

RÉSUMÉ:Introduction:

Les kystes du ligament jaune sont rares et causent très rarement une compression spinale.

Méthodes:

Nous rapportons notre expérience au sujet de quatre cas de kystes du ligament jaune au niveau lombaire et nous discutons de l’étiologie et de la physiopathologie de cette entité à la lumière de la littérature actuelle.

Conclusion:

Cette pathologie est nettement différente des kystes synoviaux des articulations facettaires ou des kystes ganglionnaires.

Type
Original Articles
Information
Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 32 , Issue 2 , May 2005 , pp. 237 - 242
Copyright
Copyright © The Canadian Journal of Neurological 2005

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