Congenital lumbar vertebral fusion

Case contributed by Frank Gaillard
Diagnosis certain

Patient Data

Age: Adult

L3 and L4 demonstrate congenital fusion (note how the endplates abutting the fused disc space are small). At L2/L3 and L4/L5 there appears to be adjacent segment degeneration involving the discs and facet joints. 

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