Narrative: Cyst-like formations in various tissues of the body may reflect a common mechanism of their development: uniform pressure of the contents (blood, cerebrospinal fluid, synovial fluid, glandular secretions, etc.) under conditions of connective tissue weakness leads to the formation of spherical structures. The association between these viruses and connective tissue may serve as a unifying factor linking diverse clinical conditions and structural abnormalities.
Given the widespread distribution of connective tissue and its derivatives in the body, structural abnormalities potentially associated with herpesvirus infection may be expected to occur almost ubiquitously. The author has not identified references to this in the available literature. Further studies aimed at a more detailed investigation of this phenomenon may allow prediction of cyst development and assessment of connective tissue status, and in many cases may support a shift from surgical treatment toward more conservative and less invasive therapeutic approaches.
Author Keywords: Herpesvirus; cyst; fibrosis; viral burden; immune-mediated inflammation; connective tissue; Tarlov cyst.
Author Affiliations: OS: VOKS Medical and Educational Center; GK: KINESIO HUB Network of Kinesiology
Corresponding Author: Oleg Suhorukovs—olegs.suhorukovs@icloud.com
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