Presentation
Chronic backpain
Patient Data
Age: 35 years
Gender: Male
From the case:
Lumbosacral transitional vertebra
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There are six lumbar vertebrae - lumbarization of S1.
The last vertebra with lumbar morphology will be designated as L5.
Normal lumbar spine with transitional vertebra.
Case Discussion
Prevalence of lumbosacral transitional vertebra is about 4%–30%.
Identification of lumbar transitional vertebra is important cause this may lead to mismanagement of patients ( surgical procedure at wrong spinal level) with resultant poor out comes.
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