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Case No. 174
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| Clinical information | back pain after fall down (문제: plain X-ray에서 관찰되는 T9 vertebral body의 wedging deformity를 무엇이라고 하는가?) |
| Discussion | butterfly vertebrae (T9) Review butterfly vertebrae (sagittal cleft vertebrae) result from the failure of fusion of the lateral halves of the vertebral body because of persistent notochordal tissue between them location: thoracolumbar most common imaging findings: scoliosis (+/-) sagittal or coronal vertebral clefts D/Dx vertebral fracture Pathologic or traumatic : history critical Noncorticated irregular fracture margins +/- soft tissue edema, cord injury Associated abnormalities Dysraphism, split notochord syndrome (diastematomyelia, syrnx, tethered cord, fatty filum, congenital tumor, visceral organ anomalies) REFERENCE The vertebral body: radiographic configurations in various congenital and acquired disorders RadioGraphics 1988; 8: 455-485. Diagnostic Imaging. Spine. Ross, Brant-zawadzki, Moore Ed. Amyrsys○R Failure of vertebral formation PP 64-67 |
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