Plain tomography of lumbar transverse process fractures

Plain film tomogram AP view of the left transverse processes of the L3 and L4 vertebra reveal fractures (arrows).

AP: anterior posterior.

Reproduced with permission from: Yochum TR, Rowe LJ. Yochum and Rowe's Essentials of Skeletal Radiology, 3rd Edition. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia 2004. Copyright © 2004 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.