Baastrup's syndrome

Baastrup's syndrome jis a degenerative process of the spine characterized by a close approach of adjacent thorns. A typical symptom is pain localized in the lumbar spine, most often in the L4 – L5 vertebrae. The pain worsens with extension, relief occurs in the flexion position. The disease is also known as Kissing spine, because the contact of the thorny protrusions of the vertebral bodies looks like they are kissing.

Patients usually have severe lordosis, and there is also sclerosis of the interfaces to the spinosus process. We use clinical imaging and imaging methods (X-ray and CT) for diagnosis.

Treatment

 * RHB, rarely resection of proccessus spinosi vertebrae.
 * Analgesics, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.

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