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Baastrup syndrome (kissing spines)
Epidemiology:
- more common in elderly pathology:
- interspinous bursitis
- degenerative changes of the bones & soft tissues
- adjacent spinous processes in the lumbar spine rub against each other
- L4-L5 most commonly involved, but has been reported in cervical spine clinical manifestations:
- low back pain
General
syndrome
abnormal imaging
References
physiopedia: Baastrup syndrome
https://www.physio-pedia.com/Baastrup_Syndrome#