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Case Reports
. 2010 Jul;19 Suppl 2(Suppl 2):S190-2.
doi: 10.1007/s00586-010-1332-y. Epub 2010 Feb 21.

Spontaneous hemorrhage into a lumbar synovial cyst

Marta Cicuendez  1 , Jose F Alen, Ana Ramos, Ramiro D Lobato, Alfonso Lagares
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Case Reports

Spontaneous hemorrhage into a lumbar synovial cyst

Marta Cicuendez et al. Eur Spine J. 2010 Jul.

Abstract

Lumbar synovial cysts frequently present with back pain, chronic radiculopathy and/or progressive symptoms of spinal canal compromise. These cysts generally appear in the context of degenerative lumbar spinal disease. Few cases of spontaneous hemorrhage into synovial cysts have been reported in the literature.

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MR images showing a juxtafacet lesion located at L3–L4 which is hyperintense on coronal (a) and sagittal (b) T1-weighted images and heterogeneous on axial T2 (c)
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Histological appearance of the lumbar hemorrhagic synovial cyst. Fibrous tissue with myxoid degeneration and increased number of vessels (a–d). Neoangiogenic vessels (b) and subacute signs of intracystic bleeding (c). Detail of the synovial endothelium with hemosiderin deposits (e)
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