ReviewCureus2024
Beyond the Bony Fragment: A Review of Limbus Vertebra.
Review in Cureus, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.
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Who cites it
3 citing papers in PubMed.
- Conservative Management of a Symptomatic Anterior Limbus Vertebra in a Non-athletic Patient: A Case Report.Cureus · 2026Article
- Anatomical variability, morphofunctional characteristics, and clinical relevance of accessory ossicles of the back: implications for spinal pathophysiology and differential diagnosis.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2025Review
- Etiological Insights and the Role of Individual Factors in Infectious Spondylodiscitis.Infectious disease reports · 2025Article
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Authors and funding
6 authors.
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Abstract
Vertebral limbus is a condition characterized by the intraspongious herniation of a portion of the nucleus pulposus. It is often asymptomatic, but it can sometimes cause nonspecific symptoms such as local pain and muscle spasm, or, in rare cases, radiculopathies, which is why it can be confused with vertebral fractures, spondyloarthropathies, infectious or tumoral processes. Early recognition of this pathology is preferable for a correct diagnosis and adequate treatment, the latter ranging from conservative approaches (such as personalized exercise programs and physical therapy) to surgical interventions reserved for severe cases with nerve compression.
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