Rotation of the second cervical vertebra in pediatric patient
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1 Faculdade de Odontologia de Piracicaba, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil. 2 Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. Corresponding author: Eliana Dantas da Costa – Avenida Limeira, 901 – Areião – Zip Code: 13414-903 – Piracicaba, SP, Brazil – Phone: (55 19) 2106-5327 – E-mail: [email protected] Received on: Feb 1, 2016 – Accepted on: Apr 12, 2016 DOI: 10.1590/S1679-45082016AI3631 Figure 1. Tridimensional reconstruction of first three cervical vertebrae (posterior view). Rotation of the second cervical vertebra can be observed (green). The yellow line highlights the median sagittal plane; red line represents the rotation of second vertebra; white line indicates latero-lateral inclination of the second vertebra
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