Multiple Levels of Lumbar Spondylolysis - A Case Report -
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Multiple Levels of Lumbar Spondylolysis - A Case Report -
We report here on an unusual case of multiple levels of asymmetric lumbar spondylolysis in a 19-year-old woman. The patient had severe low back pain of increasing intensity with lumbar instability, which was evident on the dynamic radiographs. MRI demonstrated the presence of abnormalities and the three dimensional CT scan revealed asymmetric complete spondylolysis at the left L2, L3 and L4 lev...
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عنوان ژورنال: Asian Spine Journal
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1976-1902
DOI: 10.4184/asj.2009.3.1.35