C. Villas, R. H. Barrios


January 2005, Volume 6, Issue 5, pp 354 - 356 Case Report Read Full Article 10.1007/BF01142686

First Online: 27 January 2005

Congenital pedicle abnormalities are rare. Unilateral aplastic and hypoplastic lumbar pedicles have been reported, but these were usually discovered incidentally and did not need surgical treatment. We present a case of absence of both pedicles and the neural arch of L2, with associated kyphoscoliosis with neurological involvement, that needed a two-stage corrective surgery. An L1–L4 fusion was achieved with relief of the symptoms.


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