Multiple congenital vertebral anomalies identified with multidetector CT
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Although some of them may remain asymptomatic, congenital vertebral anomalies lead to spinal deformity and scoliosis. However they are relatively rarely seen in the cervical vertebrae [1]. We present a 10-year-old patient with several coexistent vertebral anomalies affecting the craniovertebral junction and upper vertebrae, which we believe to be a didactic example to the imaging anatomy of these anomalies.
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