A case of acute compression fracture in block vertebra

Woo, Jong-Yun; Pee, Yong Hun; An, Y. F. F; Lim, Jae-Hyeon; Jang, Il‐Tae

doi:10.1016/j.spinee.2015.10.010

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“…While CVS is usually asymptotic and found incidentally, it can have minimal functional consequences with a notable fraction leading to clinically relevant pathologies, including congenital kyphosis and scoliosis [ 13 , 14 ] or stenosis of the neural canal with back and radicular pain and possible myelopathy [ 11 , 15 ] owing to alteration and stress of the spinal biomechanics resulting in premature degeneration of adjacent levels [ 16 ].…”

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A Comprehensive Review of Congenital Lumbar Synostosis and Associated Findings

Volk

Mathkour

Iwanaga

et al. 2021

Cureus

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Congenital vertebral synostosis (CVS) is a rare developmental condition due to failure of vertebral segmentation. Vertebrae and their intervertebral discs differentiate and resegment at the time of organogenesis during fetal life. Failure of this embryological process can result in the limitation of mobility of the involved segment. This inappropriate segmentation thus results in vertebral fusion or a block vertebra with subsequent vertebral synostosis. Long-term, such segmental fusion can increase osteoarthritis at levels below and above the fused segment due to excessive wear on these joints. Presentations can include congenital kyphosis and scoliosis. Patients may present with back and radicular pain, and possible myelopathy CVS usually occurs, in order of frequency, in the cervical, lumbar, and thoracic vertebral levels. This paper reviews congenital lumbar synostosis with associated findings and its clinical implications and embryological significance. A case illustration is also included.

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