JOURNAL READING

a Radiologic Sign In
Spondylolisthesis

by
Dea Oktoviani
The term spondylolisthesis was introduced in 1854, to
refer to the slipping of one vertebra on the other, If the
partes interarticulanis of a vertebra are unequal, the
spinous process tends to deviate toward the shorter of
the two.
RESULT
Of the 177 patients, 165 patients had a negative sign
The sign was present in 11 others who had unequal partes

There were 67 patients with known pathology in the pars

interarticularis,
Of the 61 patients with spondylolisthesis, 57 had a positive
sign.
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Fig. 4. Multiple spondylolisthesis in adult
male. Spondylitic spondylolisthesis of L3 and
degenerative spondylolisthesis of L5 (arrows).
A. Anteroposterior. Line joining spinous
processes of L1 and L2 fails to pass through
L3. Dashed line along length of spinous
process of L5 similarly fails to meet that of L4.
which is normal. B. Lateral.
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Fig. 5. Adult female involved in traffic accident had

soft tissue injuries to pelvis. Top row, bilateral
traumatic spondylolysis with slight rotation of spinous
process of L5 (arrows). Bottom row, 3 years later. Pars
defects (arrows) are wider and rotation of spinous
process of L5 is more marked.