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Our understanding of intraneural ganglion cysts has considerably improved in the past few years. They usually arise from a degenerated joint. Synovial fluid under pressure exits the joint through an articular branch of a nerve. This can spread retrograde to involve the parent nerve. The classic example is the common peroneal nerve and the superior tibiofibular joint .
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Hanna, A.S. (2015). Intraneural Ganglion Cysts. In: Anatomy and Exposures of Spinal Nerves. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-14520-4_26
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