Presentation
Low back pain and right lower limb pain for 8 years.
Patient Data
Age: 40 years
Gender: Female
From the case:
Butterfly vertebra
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Failure of fusion of the lateral halves of the L5 vertebral body is noted representing the butterfly vertebra. The space between the two halves is filled with adjacent intervertebral discs.
Disc bulge and ligamentum flavum hypertrophy at L5/SI level resulting impression on both lateral recesses and encroachment to right neural foramina.
Facet arthropathy and ligamentum flavum hypertrophy at lower lumbar levels.
Case Discussion
Butterfly vertebra, also known as sagittal cleft vertebra, is a congenital vertebral anomaly that results from the failure of fusion of the lateral halves of the vertebral body.
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