title: Baastrup's Disease: A Comprehensive Review of the Extant Literature.
abstract: Reports of Baastrup disease have been underrepresented in the medical literature. Therefore, the current comprehensive review was performed by searching standard search engines using the terms "Baastrup's," "disease," "lumbar," "interspinous bursitis," and "kissing spine disease." Baastrup disease appears to be more common than once believed. Baastrup disease is associated with other degenerative disease processes of the spine that could potentially lead a physician to perform unnecessary surgery. Appreciation of this disease and identification on imaging can improve diagnosis and appropriate treatment of associated back pain.
authors.affiliation: Seattle Science Foundation and Swedish Neuroscience Foundation, Seattle, Washington, USA. Electronic address: fea4@case.edu.
authors.forename: Fernando
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Alonso
authors.affiliation: Seattle Science Foundation and Swedish Neuroscience Foundation, Seattle, Washington, USA.
authors.forename: Ellie
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bryant
authors.affiliation: Seattle Science Foundation and Swedish Neuroscience Foundation, Seattle, Washington, USA.
authors.forename: Joe
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Iwanaga
authors.affiliation: Seattle Science Foundation and Swedish Neuroscience Foundation, Seattle, Washington, USA.
authors.forename: Jens R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Chapman
authors.affiliation: Seattle Science Foundation and Swedish Neuroscience Foundation, Seattle, Washington, USA.
authors.forename: Rod J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Oskouian
authors.affiliation: Seattle Science Foundation and Swedish Neuroscience Foundation, Seattle, Washington, USA.
authors.forename: R Shane
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Tubbs
mesh_terms: D002062:Bursitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery
keywords: Back pain; Kissing spine syndrome; Lumbar; Spine; Spinous process