Sacralization of L5

Case contributed by Bruno Di Muzio , 14 Apr 2014
Diagnosis certain
Changed by Bruno Di Muzio, 14 Apr 2014

Updates to Case Attributes

Diagnostic Certainty was set to .
Presentation was changed:
LowLower back pain.
Race changed from Caucasian to .
Body was changed:

Assimilation of L5 to the sacrum ismore more common than lumbarisation of S1, occurring in ~17% of the population. 

  • -<p><a title="Sacralisation" href="/articles/lumbosacral-transitional-vertebra">Assimilation of L5 to the sacrum</a> is <span style="font-size:13px; line-height:1.6em">more common than <a title="Lumbarisation" href="/articles/lumbosacral-transitional-vertebra">lumbarisation</a> of S1, occurring in ~17% of the population. </span></p>
  • +<p><a href="/articles/lumbosacral-transitional-vertebra">Assimilation of L5 to the sacrum</a> is more common than <a href="/articles/lumbosacral-transitional-vertebra">lumbarisation</a> of S1, occurring in ~17% of the population. </p>

Updates to Study Attributes

Caption was added:
CT Lumbar spine
Findings was changed:

CT scan shows four rib-free lumbar type vertebraevertebral and onetransitional vertebrae characterized to  characterized to assimilation of L5 to the sacrum. There is also rudimentary rudimentary T12 ribs.

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