Síndrome de Bertolotti: Sacralização de L5 e Dor Lombar, Relato de Caso

Bertolotti's Syndrome: Sacralization of L5 and lumbar pain, case report

Autores

  • Carlos Alfredo Iñiguez-Guzmán Universidad Católica de Cuenca. Cuenca, Ecuador.
  • Diego Morales-Jimenez Universidad Católica de Cuenca. Cuenca, Ecuador.
  • Emilio José Iñiguez-Peña Universidad Católica de Cuenca. Cuenca, Ecuador.
  • Etsa Robinson Tsenkush-Chamik Universidad Católica de Cuenca. Cuenca, Ecuador.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22258/hgh.2023.72.150

Resumo

Bertolotti syndrome is defined as low back pain with or without radicular pain, associated with a congenital anomaly in vertebral morphology (enlarged transverse processes with or without fusion to the sacral ala or iliac crests). As a consequence, facet and disc osteodegenerative changes are observed at levels above the transitional vertebra, although it may also present at the same level with extraforaminal compressive disc pathology. With the aim of presenting a case from a radiological perspective of L5 sacralization associated with low back pain, we report a patient with a 3-month history of low back pain, exacerbated by flexion-extension and rotational movements of the trunk. The patient sustained a fall from standing height, prompting anteroposterior (AP) pelvic and lateral sacrococcygeal radiographic studies, which revealed findings consistent with Bertolotti syndrome. This syndrome should be considered in the differential diagnosis of patients presenting with low back pain with or without radiculopathy.

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Biografia do Autor

Carlos Alfredo Iñiguez-Guzmán, Universidad Católica de Cuenca. Cuenca, Ecuador.

Universidad Católica de Cuenca. Cuenca, Ecuador. Médico, Especialista en Imagenología.

Diego Morales-Jimenez , Universidad Católica de Cuenca. Cuenca, Ecuador.

Universidad Católica de Cuenca. Cuenca, Ecuador. Estudiante de Medicina.

Emilio José Iñiguez-Peña, Universidad Católica de Cuenca. Cuenca, Ecuador.

Universidad Católica de Cuenca. Cuenca, Ecuador. Estudiante de Medicina.

Etsa Robinson Tsenkush-Chamik, Universidad Católica de Cuenca. Cuenca, Ecuador.

Universidad Católica de Cuenca. Cuenca, Ecuador. Estudiante de Medicina.  

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2023-12-20

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Iñiguez-Guzmán, C. A., Morales-Jimenez , D., Iñiguez-Peña, E. J., & Tsenkush-Chamik, E. R. (2023). Síndrome de Bertolotti: Sacralização de L5 e Dor Lombar, Relato de Caso: Bertolotti’s Syndrome: Sacralization of L5 and lumbar pain, case report. Peruvian Journal of Health Care and Global Health, 7(2). https://doi.org/10.22258/hgh.2023.72.150

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