To cite: Neelakantan S, Anandarajan R, Shyam K, et al. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2016217121 DESCRIPTION A 30-year-old woman presented to the orthopaedics outpatient department with low back pain (LBP) for 4 weeks, not relieved on medications. She had no known comorbidities. On examination, there was movement restriction of the lower spine and...

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) of the lumbar spine with standard protocol can be useful in diagnosis incidental extraspinal lesions. The study aims to find frequency and types findings (IF)of lumbosacral MRI adult patients suspected discopathy. It was a prospective analytical involving scans performed on group 50 (22 males 28 females) age range 25-85 years old reporting clinically chronic bac...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the role of lumbosacral radiculography using 3-dimentional (3D) magnetic resonance (MR) rendering for diagnostic information of symptomatic extraforaminal stenosis in lumbosacral transitional vertebra. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study population consisted of 18 patients with symptomatic (n = 10) and asymptomatic extraforaminal stenosis (n = 8) in lumbosacral transition...

Case: We presented a case of extension-distraction spine injury at lumbosacral junction in patient with fused concomitant transitional vertebra. Detail an exceedingly rare traumatic hyperextension-distraction fracture the individual was described and reviewed. Conclusion: Although occurrence is extremely rare, it can occur some circumstances. Application damage control concept including early d...

We report two cases of epidermal nevus syndrome (ENS) involving the spine. MR imaging of the spine demonstrated intraspinal lipomas in both cases. Abnormal, enhancing, enlarged cervical and lumbosacral nerve roots were present in one patient. Spinal imaging for patients with ENS may help in the diagnosis of subtle intracranial manifestations, as it did in both of our cases. ENS has features sim...

A 36-year-old female presented with low back pain and was admitted. During the anamnesis, she reported having undergone surgery, in the first days of life, for the repair of lumbosacral myelomeningocele and imperforate anus. She had been a full-term infant, born to an adolescent mother who had received no prenatal care. There were no reports of infection, drug use, or exposure to teratogenic ag...

Piriformis syndrome is a rare entity resulting in severe unilateral isolated buttock pain shooting in nature, non discogenic in origin. MR imaging of pelvis plays an important role in such patients to see the normal anatomy of piriformis muscle and its relationship with sciatic nerve. A 35-year-old woman presented with one year history of radiating leg pain with normal MR lumbosacral spine. MRI...

pedicle screws provide rigid fixation for instabilities in the lumbar and lumbosacral spine. anatomical consideration and potential risk of neurologic complications are the reasons to hesitate using pedicle screws in the thoracic spine. twenty moulages similar to human vertebrae were instrumented with cotrel-dubousset (cd) system pedicle screw by intratransverse process, extrapedicular and intr...

Case Description- In the present study, a seven-year-old German shepherd female dog was referred to Veterinary Hospital of Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, with a two-week history of intermittent lameness and lumbosacral pain. Clinical Findings- On general examination, the vital parameters were within normal limits. A ventrodorsal (VD) radiograph of the pelvis and lumbosacral spine was take...