Ligamentum flavum cyst
Diagnosis almost certain
Disclosures
- updated 27 Nov 2023:
Nothing to disclose
Updates to Study Attributes
Findings
was changed:
Amongst other degenerative spondylotic changes, there is a small cyst at the anterior aspect of ligamentum flavum on the right side at the L4-5 level.
Moderate spinal canal stenosis at the L3-4 and L4-5 levels.
Images Changes:
Image 4 MRI (STIR) ( destroy )
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Annotation 21350
changed from small cyst,1 arrow,1 label to NOT linked from the study findings - ,0 arrows,0 labels.
Image 14 MRI (T2) ( update )
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Annotation 21352
changed from 1 label to 1 label.
Updates to Case Attributes
Body
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Findings are consistent with a ligamentum flavum cyst which is addingadds to the centralspinal canal compressionstenosis at L4-5 level.
-<p>Findings are consistent with a ligamentum flavum cyst which is adding to the central canal compression at L4-5 level.</p>- +<p>Findings are consistent with a <a href="/articles/cyst-of-the-ligamentum-flavum" title="Flaval cyst">ligamentum flavum cyst</a> which adds to the <a href="/articles/spinal-stenosis-1" title="Spinal canal stenosis">spinal canal stenosis</a> at L4-5 level.</p>