Four lumbar type vertebrae
Diagnosis certain
Disclosures
- updated 3 Sep 2022:
Nothing to disclose
Updates to Case Attributes
Status
changed from pending review to published (public).
Published At
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Age
changed from 45 year-old to 45 years.
Body
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Small ribs can be confused with the transverse processes in the last vertebral bodies. The key in the case was to have a chest study that allowed to identifythe identification of D1 by the presence of the first ribs.The ribs of D12 are small and short, but they are jointed.There is no transition vertebra.
-<p>Small ribs can be confused with the transverse processes in the last vertebral bodies. The key in the case was to have a chest study that allowed to identify D1 by the presence of the first ribs.<br>The ribs of D12 are small and short, but they are jointed.<br>There is no transition vertebra.</p>- +<p>Small ribs can be confused with the transverse processes in the last vertebral bodies. The key in the case was to have a chest study that allowed the identification of D1 by the presence of the first ribs.<br>The ribs of D12 are small and short, but they are jointed.<br>There is no transition vertebra.</p>
Updates to Study Attributes
Findings
was changed:
As an anatomical variation, the presence of 4 lumbar vertebral bodies is identified.
Various degenerative changes in the dorsal and lumbar spine