Hemispherical spondylosclerosis

Case contributed by Roberto Schubert
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Low back pain.

Patient Data

Age: 50
Gender: Female
x-ray

Increased opacity with convex upper border near the groundplate of the 2nd lumbar vertebra in degenerative disc disease. There is also massive right facet joint osteoarthritis at L5/S1.

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