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Bullet-shaped vertebra (Hurler syndrome)
Contributed by Mohammad Taghi Niknejad
This case demonstrates bullet-shaped vertebrae with posterior vertebral body scalloping and anterior inferior beaking, highly suggestive of mucopolysaccharidosis, particularly Hurler syndrome (MPS type I).
It should be noted that a bullet-shaped vertebra refers to the anterior beaking of the vertebral body and is seen in mucopolysaccharidosis (Morquio disease…
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