Bertolotti's syndrome: A commonly missed cause of back pain in young patients.
Bertolotti's syndrome must be considered as a differential diagnosis for lower back pain in young people. Treatment, whether conservative or operative, is still debatable. In this paper, we report a case of a 20-year-old girl presenting with lower back pain for 8 years. We administered injection with local anaesthetic and steroid injections within the pseudo-articulation; however, the pain was relieved for 3 weeks. Surgical excision of the pseudo-articulation successfully treated her back pain and the sciatica.
Manmohan Singh (Corresponding author) Department of Orthopaedic and Traumatology, Hospital Kuala Lumpur. Email: manmohan@hotmail.my.
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Dzulkarnain Amir MD (UKM) Ms Ortho (UKM) Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Hospital Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Email: drdzulamir@yahoo.com.my.
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Nor Azlin Zainal Abidin MBBS (UM) Ms Ortho (UKM) Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Hospital Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Email: dr.rlin2509@gmail.com.
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Fazir Mohamad MD(UKM) Ms Ortho (UKM) Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Hospital Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Email: fazirdr@yahoo.com.
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Bertolotti’s syndrome; back pain in young patients; transitional vertebrae