The Absent Lumbar Articular Process of the 4th Lumbar Vertebra: One Case Report
10.4055/jkoa.1990.25.4.1276
- Author:
Chang Uk CHOI
;
Yon Il KIM
;
Byung Il LEE
;
Byung Joon SHIN
;
Hong Seop KIM
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Inferior articular process of L4
- MeSH:
Spine
- From:The Journal of the Korean Orthopaedic Association
1990;25(4):1276-1278
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Unilateral absence of the articular process at a lumbar vertebra is a rare anomaly. The etiology of the congenital absence of articular process is not precisely determined yet, but it was explained as some of the possible embryologic bases. Absence of the articular process at the level of L5-Sl have been reported a few, but anomaly above L4 is rare. We are reporting a case of absence of articular process at the level of the 4th lumbar vertebra.
