title: Case report: pedicular cleft associated with bilateral pars interarticularis defects and transverse process hypoplasia of a fifth lumbar vertebra.
abstract: The rare anomaly of cleft pedicle co-existing with bilateral pars interarticularis defects and ipsilateral transverse process hypoplasia of a lumbar vertebra is described in a 39-year-old male presenting with chronic low backache. The importance of recognizing pedicular clefts as congenital anomalies and distinguishing them from fractures or destructive processes is emphasized, and the relationship of pedicular clefts to hypoplastic or absent pedicles is discussed.
authors: Medical Centre, Isipingo Beach, South Africa.
authors: J M
authors: JM
authors: Kalideen
authors: K S
authors: KS
authors: Satyapal
authors: F
authors: F
authors: Bayat
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000209:etiology; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D013169:Spondylolysis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed