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From: Absent cervical spine pedicle and associated congenital spinal abnormalities - a diagnostic trap in a setting of acute trauma: case report

Figure 3

a-c: Volume Rendering Technique - Images of cervical spine. Lateral view VRT images illustrate the dorsally displaced right articular pillar of C5 (arrow in a). The abnormal enlarged right intervertebral foramen of C4-5 (arrow in b) which is a consequence of the absent cervical pedicle is displayed on an oblique view VRT image. Spina bifida occulta at the same level (arrow in c) as well as a reversed facet-joint on the right (arrowhead in c) are well depicted on a dorsal view VRT images (c).

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