title: [Congenital absence of a cervical spine pedicle. Incidental finding in patient with cervical pain. Diagnostic approach by helical CT].
abstract: Congenital absence of a cervical pedicle is usually an incidental finding in radiological studies made after trauma in patients with cervical pain. We report the case of a patient with congenital absence of the right pedicle in a cervical vertebra. Recognition of this anomaly is important to avoid confusion with more clinically significant anomalies, such as unilateral facet dislocation, that may result in inappropriate surgical intervention.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Radiodiagnóstico, Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca, Murcia, Spain.
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Morales-Cano
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Vázquez-Saez
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Reus-Pintado
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Climent-Oltra
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Martínez Pérez
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010146:Pain / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed