Presentation
Low back pain. Incidental finding on the plain film.
Patient Data
Age: 30 years
Gender: Male
From the case:
Limbus vertebra
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The small well-corticated fragment at the anterosuperior aspect of the L4 vertebral body.
Case Discussion
A limbus vertebra is an incidental finding, but distinct in appearance and might be inadvertently thought to be a fracture to the non-specialist.