Giant limbus vertebra mimicking a vertebral fracture.
A 24-year-old woman was sent to our emergency department because of a traffic accident. She presented with transient loss of consciousness and low back pain. Physical examination revealed no neurologic deficit, but tenderness over the lower back region. The radiography of the lumbar spine revealed a large bony fragment over the anterosuperior portion of third lumbar vertebral body (Figure 1a). As a result, CT of the lumbar spine was arranged. It showed a …