LIMBUS VERTEBRA MIMICKING AVULSION FRACTURE
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Interosseous herniation, fracture, limbus vertebra, low back painAbstract
A condition known as limbus vertebra occurs when the nucleus pulposus extends beneath the ring apophysis through a gap in the vertebral endplate. While involvement of the inferior and posterior margins is less common, it most frequently occurs at the anterosuperior corner of a single vertebral body, usually in the middle lumbar spine. Thenumber of differential diagnoses, such as tumors, infections or fractures, should be considered. We discuss the case of a 29-years-old man who was sent to our emergency room following a height-related fall. He claimed palpable pain in his wrist, upper leg, chest and lower back, as well as a brief loss of consciousness. Anterior limbus vertebra (LV) was the diagnosis.
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