title: Traumatic fracture through the neurocentral synchondroses of L3 vertebra in a 5-year-old child.
abstract: Neurocentral synchondroses (NCS) are growth plates that contribute to the transverse growth of the vertebra. Fractures through these NCS are very rare and none have been reported in the lumbar spine. We present a rare case of a traumatic fracture through the neurocentral synchondroses of L3 vertebra in a 5-year-old child.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Rambam Medical Healthcare Center, Haifa, Israel, g_shapira@rambam.health.gov.il.
authors.forename: Gali
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Shapira
authors.forename: Daniela
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Militianu
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D006132:Growth Plate / Q000473:pathology / Q000528:radiation effects; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries* / Q000473:pathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D000072042:Salter-Harris Fractures; D016103:Spinal Fractures / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods