J Korean Orthop Assoc.  1990 Aug;25(4):1276-1278. 10.4055/jkoa.1990.25.4.1276.

The Absent Lumbar Articular Process of the 4th Lumbar Vertebra: One Case Report

• Choi CU
• Kim YI
• Lee BI
• Shin BJ
• Kim HS

• KMID: 2443502
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4055/jkoa.1990.25.4.1276

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.

Keyword

Inferior articular process of L4

MeSH Terms

Spine*