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Congenital absence of lumbosacral articular facet joint associated with conjoined nerve root: a case report

We report a rare case of congenital absence of the L5-S1 facet joint, which was associated with a conjoined nerve root. Combination of these two anomalies has been quite rarely reported in the literature. A 39-year-old man presented with acute low back pain and right leg radiating pain. Muscle weakn...

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Autores principales: Yoshioka, Shinji, Sairyo, Koichi, Sakai, Toshinori, Yasui, Natsuo
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer International Publishing 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2948130/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20669040
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10195-010-0100-4