Transitional lumbosacral vertebrae and low back pain: diagnostic pitfalls and management of Bertolotti's syndrome Dor lombar associada à vértebra de transição lombossacra: dificuldades no diagnóstico e manejo da síndrome de Bertolotti

Transitional lumbosacral vertebrae and low back pain: diagnostic pitfalls and management of Bertolotti's syndrome Dor lombar associada à vértebra de transição lombossacra: dificuldades no diagnóstico e manejo da síndrome de Bertolotti

OBJECTIVE: Bertolotti's syndrome is a spine disorder characterized by the occurrence of a congenital lumbar transverse mega-apophysis in a transitional vertebral body that usually articulates with the sacrum or the iliac bone. It has been considered a possible cause of low back pain. METHOD: We...

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Main Authors: Daniel Benzecry de Almeida, Tobias Alécio Mattei, Marília Grando Sória, Mirto Nelso Prandini, André Giacomelli Leal, Jerônimo Buzzeti Milano, Ricardo Ramina
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações 2009-06-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
Subjects:
dor lombar
região lombossacral
coluna vertebral
low back pain
lumbosacral region
spine
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2009000200018
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