Retrosomatic cleft associated with an invisible lumbar pedicle.
The congenital nature of an invisible lumbar pedicle can easily be recognized by several associated characteristic features. This prevents confusion with other pedicular abnormalities or alterations caused by osteolytic metastases or erosion due to soft tissue tumours. A few variants of typical features are described.
D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography