Spontaneous pediculolysis with associated contralateral laminar fracture. A case report.
The authors report the case of a 38 year-old female with a rare combination of spontaneous pediculolysis with an associated contralateral laminar fracture of the lumbar spine. Multimodal radiological examinations of the whole lumbar spine are recommended in the case of a symptomatic patient with low back pain who is not responding to basic physiotherapy and pain management modalities. This will provide the unsuspecting clinician a method to diagnose this rare cause of low back pain and avoid unnecessary surgical intervention.
Department of Neurosurgery, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Queen Elizabeth Medical Centre, Birmingham, U.K. bdhamijal@doctors.org.uk
Bhoresh
B
Dhamija
Dimitris
D
Kombogiorgas
Spencer P
SP
Harland
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D015775:Fractures, Stress / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000293:injuries*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D016103:Spinal Fractures / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed