Rudimentary Disc At S1-s2 “lumbarised S1” The Transitional Potentially Mobile Lumbosacral
Assimilation of l5 to the sacrum; Type 1 exhibits no disk material and is seen in patients without transitional segments. The cord terminates normally at l1/2.
“Lumbarised S1” The transitional (potentially mobile) lumbosacral
Normally, the sacrum is formed by the fusion of five rudimentary vertebrae. Under patient y’s s1 (yellow dashed circle on the left image, below), is a rudimentary/sliver disc. A large circumscribed midline mass destroys the sacrum from the level of the inferior aspect of.
A “type ii” disc is a rudimentary disc which is smaller than the transitional one, maintains its signal intensity, has no intranuclear cleft, and is associated with fusion of the anterior endplates, both.
The disc between anomalous segments has a characteristic appearance on sagittal t2 mr images, not previously described. These have been classified into two types: Type 2 with a small disc that does not. Plain radiographic studies have shown that the lumbosacral intervertebral disc is of significantly reduced height compared with normal lumbosacral interval discs,6and that on lateral.
Your body read this unfused segment as a lumbar and started to form a. Transitional anatomy, with rudimentary disc at s1/s2. But anatomical variations of the sacrum have been reported like sacralisation of fifth lumbar vertebra and. Compare that with patient x’s s1 (yellow dashed circle on the right.

The anterior lumbosacral transitional angle is defined as the angle
Type 2 consists of a small residual disk with an ap length less than that of the sacrum.

“Lumbarised S1” The transitional (potentially mobile) lumbosacral

Herniated Disc S1 S2 Symptoms & Treatment Dr. Kevin Pauza, The