Painful spondylolisthesis in a two-year-old child.
Spondylolisthesis is considered one of the common causes of back pain in children. There are far fewer cases reported in children under the age of 4 years. However, all patients described were diagnosed by radiographic examination in a workup for other congenital or musculoskeletal abnormalities. This report describes a 2-year-old girl who presented with low back pain and was subsequently diagnosed with spondylolisthesis.
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Department of Surgery, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA.
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D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae; D009989:Orthotic Devices; D012447:Sacrum; D013168:Spondylolisthesis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy