Lumbar vertebral growth plate displaced into the spinal canal. A case report of a 15-year-old boy.
Fracture of the lumbar cartilage plate is very uncommon. When the fragment protrudes into the spinal canal, the symptoms may mimic a protruded lumbar intervertebral disc. This may delay proper surgical treatment and may reduce the chance for neural tissue recovery.
Mahaisavariya
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Khon Kaen University, Srinagarind Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Orthopedics, Thailand.
Wittayakom
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D000293:Adolescent; D002358:Cartilage, Articular / Q000293:injuries*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006132:Growth Plate / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D008297:Male; D009192:Myelography; D012421:Rupture; D000072042:Salter-Harris Fractures; D013115:Spinal Canal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed