title: Congenital absence of lumbar articular facets with computerized axial tomography documentation.
abstract: The purpose of this report is to add five cases of congenitally absent lumbosacral facets with specific computerized axial tomography (CAT) documentation to the literature. This finding is not as uncommon as the literature suggests, and increased awareness of this entity will decrease its misinterpretation as a destructive lesion.
authors.affiliation: Cook County Hospital, Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Chicago, Illinois.
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Phillips
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Keagy
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed