Limbus vertebra

Case contributed by Bahman Rasuli
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Low back pain. Incidental finding on the plain film.

Patient Data

Age: 30 years
Gender: Male
x-ray

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.

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