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Usually the transitional vertebra will have a "spatulated" transverse process on one side resulting in articulation or partial articulation with the sacrum or at time the ilium and in some cases with both. This results in limited / altered motion at the lumbo-sacral articulation.
Bertolotti’s Syndrome is a back-pain syndrome caused by a congenital defect of the last vertebra of the lumbar spine leading to the articulation, pseudo articulation, or full fusion of the transverse process to the sacrum the ilium.
Ugokwe et al. achieved 97% pain resolution in one patient with a minimally invasive approach to resect an enlarged transverse process and the accompanying anomalous pseudoarticulation at the L5 level.
Bertolotti syndrome is a developmental abnormality wherein, the transverse process of the caudal most lumbar vertebrae is enlarged and shows pseudoarticulation with the sacral ala or ilium, leading to an uncommon cause of chronic lower back and gluteal region pain in young individuals.
X-rays of your lower back/pelvis are the most common imaging technique used to identify Bertolotti Syndrome. When looking at the X-rays, our spine team is looking for an enlarged transverse process on the transitional vertebrae (usually L5, the lowest lumbar vertebrae).
On each vertebra, there are two transverse processes and one spinous process. The two transverse processes are located on either side of the ring, while the spinous process is located in the middle. These processes provide sites to which back muscles and ligaments attach.
Most people have five lumbar vertebrae. They are mobile and not attached to the sacrum. In 1917, Dr. Mario Bertolotti determined that in some patients, the transverse process on the last lumbar vertebra (L5) is elongated.
Bertolotti syndrome is a congenital disorder leading to back pain associated due to a lumbosacral transitional vertebra (LSTV). It most frequently occurs via an articulation of the L5 vertebra transverse process(es) with the sacrum, leading to irregular spinal mobility and pain.
Surgery is usually a last resort to treat this condition and is typically performed to eliminate a pseudo-joint. Surgery can take the form of reducing or removing the elongated transverse...
Bertolotti's syndrome is an atypical cause of axial low back pain or buttock pain caused by a transitional lumbar vertebrae with a large transverse process that either fuses with the sacrum (sacral ala) or ilium, or forms a pseudoarticulation at that location.