A 64-year-old male presented with low back pain for 1 year without radiating pain, numbness, or neurogenic claudication. On examination, he had tenderness over the right L4-L5 facet joint but normal strength, tone, and reflexes. A bone scan showed osteoblastic activity in the right L4-L5 facet joint consistent with facet arthritis.
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1. • Name- A Jaylakshmi,64 yr/m
• UHID-911995
• Ph.No- 9381143178
• Right L4-L5 FACET ARTHRITIS
2. • Clinical features-
• 64 yr old male , came with
• C/o low backache for 1 years,
• No h/o pain radiating
• No h/o paraesthesia
• No h/o neurogenic claudication
3. • On Examination-
• Local tenderness –present both side L4-L5 facet joint
• Faber test – absent
• SLRT- absent
• Bulk –normal
• Tone –normal
• No deficits
4. • BONE SCAN- 1) Evidence of osteoblastically active right facet arthrtis
involving l4/l5 vertebrae 2) evidence of osteoblastically active end
plate denegenrative changes in the lumbar vertebrae and arthritic
changes as described above.