Presentation
Neck pain.
Patient Data
Age: 12 years
Gender: Female
From the case:
Butterfly vertebra
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Butterfly C6 vertebra.
From the case:
Butterfly vertebra
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Butterfly C6 vertebra.
Case Discussion
Butterfly vertebra is a congenital incomplete fusion of the lateral halves of the vertebral body.
It should be differentiated from vertebral fractures or vertebra plana in children.