Congenital scoliosis

Case contributed by Mohamed Mahmoud Elthokapy
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Abnormal back deformity with a curved shape

Patient Data

Age: 4 years
Gender: Female

Dorso-lumbar & pelvic plain...

x-ray

Dorso-lumbar & pelvic plain radiography

Dorsolumbar congenital scoliotic deformity with convexity to the right side secondary to segmentation anomalies of the vertebral bodies of D8 down to L1 vertebrae. 

Fusion of left 8th and 9th ribs.

Counterclockwise pelvic tilt.

Case Discussion

Vertebral segmentation anomalies of vertebral bodies D8 down to L1 with subsequent scoliotic deformity

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