Presentation
Low back pain.
Patient Data
Age: 30 years
Gender: Male
From the case:
Limbus vertebra
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Well corticated, triangular-shape bony fragment in the anterior-superior endplate margin of L4 vertebrae representing limbus vertebra.
Case Discussion
Limbus vertebra is caused by herniation of nucleus pulposus through the vertebral body endplate. It is a feature of intervertebral disc herniation and needs not to be confused with fracture or infection.