title: Posterior element pain in a adolescent schoolgirl.
abstract: A case is presented of a transitional lumbosacral vertebra in a adolescent girl, presenting with low back pain. There was no evidence of a pars interarticularis defect. Careful assessment of children or adolescents presenting with low back pain is important since back pain in this age group is usually caused by organic disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Practice, University of California, School of Medicine, Davis, Sacramento, USA.
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Batt
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Skattum
authors.forename: B K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Chong
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Tanji
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006173:Gymnastics / Q000293:injuries*; D006801:Humans; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000293:injuries*; D011542:Pseudarthrosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D016103:Spinal Fractures / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging