Anatomy: (cont.)

• Accessory articulations can form posteriorly between rudimentary S2 transverse processes

  • usually do not see prior to 4th decade
  • incidence: 8-36 % (Bernard, et al Adult Spine: 1991)
  • causal relationship to pain is unknown
  • may be due to fibrocartilage development from weight-bearing stresses

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