Cervical Spine Pathology Congenital Spinal Canal Foraminal Stenosis personal injury animations. Uses superior and sagittal cross-section views to compare a normal and a congenitally stenosed spinal canal. Foraminal stenosis refers to narrowing of the intervertebral foramina. It is commonly caused by a degenerative articular process enlargement posteriorly, anteriorly by posterolateral intervertebral disc bulging and posterolateral vertebral body lipping and uncovertebral joint degeneration (osteophytes), and superiorly by the vertebral pedicle that moves inferiorly with intervertebral disc dehydration and collapse during degenerative disc disease. Less common causes of foraminal stenosis are spine tumours and infections, an expanding cervical synovial cyst, synovial chondromatosis and giant cell arteritis of the cervical radicular vessels. Visit http://www.medilaw.tv for more information. Cervical Spine Pathology Congenital Spinal Canal Foraminal Stenosis personal injury animations.