title: Diagnostic challenge: bilateral infected lumbar facet cysts--a rare cause of acute lumbar spinal stenosis and back pain.
abstract: Symptomatic synovial lumbar facet cysts are a relatively rare cause of radiculopathy and spinal stenosis. This case and brief review of the literature, details a patient who presented with acutely symptomatic bilateral spontaneously infected synovial facet (L4/5) cysts. This report highlights diagnostic clues for identifying infection of a facet cyst.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Emory Spine Center, Altanta, GA 30329, USA. styoon@emory.edu.
authors.forename: Brett A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Freedman
authors.forename: Tuan L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Bui
authors.forename: S Timothy
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Yoon