Posterior element pain in a adolescent schoolgirl.
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.
Batt
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Department of Family Practice, University of California, School of Medicine, Davis, Sacramento, USA.
Skattum
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Chong
B K
BK
Tanji
J L
JL
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