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pars interarticularis

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pars interarticularis,
a region of the vertebra between the superior and inferior facet joints that is susceptible to trauma.


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[FIGURE 1 OMITTED] [FIGURE 2 OMITTED] IMAGING FINDINGS The lateral radiograph of the cervical spine showed the presence of a defect of the pars interarticularis at C6.
While there is some early evidence for the validity of manual testing for hypermobility associated with pars interarticularis lysis of lumbar vertebrae (Phillips and Twomey 1996), studies investigating the validity of manual testing for detecting segmental hypomobility have yet to appear in the literature.
Neuroimaging demonstrated an asymmetric fracture of the axis, involving the right pars interarticularis and left postero-inferior corner of the body of C2.
 
 
 
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