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[[Image:Gray_111_-_Vertebral_column-coloured.png|thumb|150px|right|Schematic of the vertebral column. (WC/Gray's Anatomy)]]
Pieces of '''spine''' are seen in [[neuropathology]].
Pieces of '''spine''' are seen in [[neuropathology]].


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*Synovial cyst.
*Synovial cyst.
*Lumbar wound infection.
*Lumbar wound infection.
==General==
*DDx is can be quite large - see ''[[spinal mass]]''.


==Synovial cyst==
==Synovial cyst==
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==Vertebral disc==
==Degenerative disc disease==
{{Main|Degenerative disc disease}}
 
==Schmorl's node==
{{Main|Schmorl's node}}
 
==Vertebral fracture==
:This deals with ''benign'' vertebral fractures.
===General===
===General===
*Herniated disc cause back pain.
*Usually elderly with [[osteoporosis]].<ref name=pmid24147259>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Sisodia | first1 = GB. | title = Methods of predicting vertebral body fractures of the lumbar spine. | journal = World J Orthop | volume = 4 | issue = 4 | pages = 241-247 | month =  | year = 2013 | doi = 10.5312/wjo.v4.i4.241 | PMID = 24147259 }}</ref>
*May result in ''cauda equina syndrome''.
*Essentially a [[clinical diagnosis]].
*Composed of ''fibrous cartilage''.<ref>URL: [http://www.lab.anhb.uwa.edu.au/mb140/CorePages/Cartilage/Cartil.htm http://www.lab.anhb.uwa.edu.au/mb140/CorePages/Cartilage/Cartil.htm]. Accessed on: 2 January 2010.</ref>
*The pathologist's job is to exclude [[malignancy]].


===Microscopic===
===Microscopic===
Features:
Features:
*Benign fibrous tissue.
*Non-viable bone.
*Nests of chondrocytes (as in immature [[cartilage]]).


Images:
DDx:
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Degenerative_disc_disease_-_intermed_mag.jpg Degenerative disc disease - intermed. mag. (WC)].
*[[Pathologic fracture]].
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Degenerative_disc_disease_-_high_mag.jpg Degenerative disc disease - high mag. (WC)].


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LUMBAR DISC, DECOMPRESSION:
L11 VERTEBRA, BIOPSY:
- DEGENERATIVE DISC DISEASE.
- BENIGN FRAGMENTS OF BONE.
- BENIGN FIBROCONNECTIVE TISSUE.
- BONE MARROW WITH TRILINEAGE HEMATOPOIESIS.
- NO EVIDENCE OF MALIGNANCY.
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