11 October 2025

"Butterfly" hemivertebrae


I've probably viewed 100,000+ chest xrays and CT scans in my life, but I've never before encountered this anomaly.  You learn something every day.  

Embedded images from the New England Journal of Medicine.  A concise summary of the radiographic features, associated clinical syndromes, and ddx is available at Radiopaedia.

2 comments:

  1. That sure looks like it would hurt. Is that an injury? or congenital?

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