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Congenital Absence of Dorsal Arches of the Fourth to Seventh Thoracic Vertebrae
Abstract
Radiographs of the dorsal spine of a 3 year old female, showing absence of the posterior arches of D4-D7 (T4-T7), with marked widening of the spinal canal and multiple hemivertebrae involving the bodies of D6, 7 and 8 (T6-T8). Courtesy of Dr. Rafic Melhem, Dept. of Radiology, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon, May, 1980.
Radiographs of the dorsal spine of a 3 year old female, showing absence of the posterior arches of D4-D7 (T4-T7), with marked widening of the spinal canal and multiple hemivertebrae involving the bodies of D6, 7 and 8 (T6-T8).
Courtesy of Dr. Rafic Melhem, Dept. of Radiology, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon, May, 1980.
Anatomical classification
- Systems:
- Skeletal system
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Adaptation of «Congenital Absence of Dorsal Arches of the Fourth to Seventh Thoracic Vertebrae — Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation: Opus I: Muscular System» by Ronald A. Bergman, Adel K. Afifi, Ryosuke Miyauchi. Source: https://www.anatomyatlases.org/AnatomicVariants/SkeletalSystem/Text/nodorsalarches.shtml Original work distributed under the CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.it). Adaptation by Redazione AIVA. Changes from the original: Testo originale inglese riprodotto integralmente e riorganizzato nel formato scheda del portale (sintesi, testo, riferimenti), senza modificarne le affermazioni. La traduzione italiana non è ancora stata eseguita, e la pagina lo dichiara. Le figure non sono state copiate: sono collegate alla pagina d’origine. This publication is not approved or endorsed by the authors of the original work.
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