Cases
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11 pairs of ribs and lumbosacral transitional vertebra

Diagnosis certain
Published 22 Jul 2018
94% complete
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Absent posterior arch of C1 vertebra

Diagnosis certain
Published 24 Jun 2015
72% complete
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Achondroplasia

Diagnosis certain
Published 20 Dec 2009
77% complete
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Acquired cerebellar tonsillar ectopia

Diagnosis certain
Published 15 Oct 2015
92% complete
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Acute CPPD inflammation of the atlantoaxial joint

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 31 Aug 2018
77% complete
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Acute L1 burst compression fracture

Diagnosis certain
Published 23 Feb 2015
95% complete
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Acute longus colli calcific tendinitis

Diagnosis certain
Published 30 Nov 2019
95% complete
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Adjacent segment failure

Diagnosis certain
Published 01 Jan 2009
57% complete
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Alar ligament calcification (right): mimicking a fracture

Diagnosis certain
Published 08 Oct 2016
83% complete
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Aneurysmal bone cyst

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 15 Apr 2010
70% complete
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Ankylosing spondylitis

Diagnosis certain
Published 12 May 2016
91% complete
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Ankylosing spondylitis

Diagnosis certain
Published 01 Apr 2010
85% complete
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Ankylosing spondylitis

Diagnosis certain
Published 12 Dec 2016
89% complete
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Ankylosing spondylitis

Diagnosis certain
Published 27 Jan 2015
91% complete
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Ankylosing spondylitis

Diagnosis certain
Published 20 Mar 2010
75% complete
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Ankylosing spondylitis

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 12 Sep 2020
75% complete
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Ankylosing spondylitis
Diagnosis almost certain
Published 20 Apr 2015
69% complete
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Ankylosing spondylitis

Diagnosis certain
Published 08 Apr 2015
94% complete
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Ankylosing spondylitis

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 25 Apr 2014
77% complete
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Ankylosing spondylitis

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 09 May 2012
54% complete
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Ankylosing spondylitis - cervical spine

Diagnosis certain
Published 22 May 2008
72% complete
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Ankylosing spondylitis - chalk stick fracture

Diagnosis certain
Published 22 Oct 2008
87% complete
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Ankylosing spondylitis - lumbar spine

Diagnosis certain
Published 22 May 2008
72% complete
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Ankylosing spondylitis - shiny corner sign

Diagnosis certain
Published 02 Jul 2017
83% complete
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Ankylosing spondylitis with bamboo spine and dagger sign

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 18 Feb 2013
75% complete
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Ankylosing spondylitis with dagger sign

Diagnosis certain
Published 24 Jun 2017
91% complete
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Ankylosing spondylitis with dagger sign

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 26 Jun 2018
75% complete
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Ankylosing spondylosis - calcified sacrotuberous ligament
Diagnosis almost certain
Published 08 Jul 2014
79% complete
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Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF)

Diagnosis certain
Published 23 Aug 2019
88% complete
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Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF)

Diagnosis certain
Published 07 Jul 2015
79% complete
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Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) pseudoarthrosis

Diagnosis certain
Published 24 Sep 2008
66% complete
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Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) subsidence

Diagnosis certain
Published 16 Sep 2009
75% complete
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Anterior wedge fracture: L1

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 14 Sep 2009
54% complete
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Apical capping due to thoracic fractures, pelvic trauma

Diagnosis certain
Published 15 Oct 2014
92% complete
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Aplasia of the posterior arch of atlas with persistent tubercle

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 17 Oct 2016
69% complete
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April Fools' 2018: serpentine syndrome

Diagnosis certain
Published 01 Apr 2018
91% complete
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Arcuate foramen

Diagnosis certain
Published 01 Jul 2015
82% complete
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Arcuate foramen

Diagnosis certain
Published 13 Nov 2012
82% complete
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Arcuate foramen

Diagnosis certain
Published 20 Mar 2014
94% complete
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Atlanto-occipital assimilation

Diagnosis certain
Published 08 Aug 2010
60% complete
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Atlanto-occipital disassociation

Diagnosis certain
Published 03 Jan 2010
80% complete
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Atlantooccipital dissociation

Diagnosis certain
Published 31 Jul 2010
82% complete
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Baastrup syndrome

Diagnosis certain
Published 11 Oct 2016
92% complete
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Baastrup syndrome

Diagnosis certain
Published 09 Oct 2013
88% complete
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Baclofen pump

Diagnosis certain
Published 15 Sep 2020
79% complete
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Bilateral cervical ribs

Diagnosis certain
Published 26 Sep 2009
57% complete
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Bilateral facet dislocation

Diagnosis certain
Published 09 Jun 2011
83% complete
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Bilateral L4 pars defects

Diagnosis certain
Published 01 May 2020
92% complete
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Bilateral pars defect

Diagnosis certain
Published 03 Jan 2014
87% complete
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Bilateral perched cervical facet joints: hyperflexion injury

Diagnosis certain
Published 30 Jan 2015
92% complete
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Block vertebra

Diagnosis certain
Published 20 Mar 2018
82% complete
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Block vertebra

Diagnosis certain
Published 13 Aug 2016
91% complete
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Block vertebra C2/3

Diagnosis certain
Published 19 Jun 2012
69% complete
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Block vertebra C3/4

Diagnosis certain
Published 04 Dec 2011
85% complete
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Block vertebra C3/C4

Diagnosis certain
Published 24 Nov 2011
57% complete
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Block vertebrae
Diagnosis certain
Published 07 May 2014
69% complete
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Bone within a bone

Diagnosis certain
Published 28 Oct 2012
94% complete
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Bronchogenic cyst - mediastinal

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 25 Oct 2012
74% complete
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Bulging of paraspinal line in traumatic thoracal spinal compression fracture

Diagnosis certain
Published 25 Feb 2015
95% complete
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Burst fracture

Diagnosis certain
Published 29 Dec 2008
64% complete
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Burst fracture

Diagnosis certain
Published 01 Dec 2020
82% complete
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Burst lumbar fracture

Diagnosis certain
Published 24 Sep 2008
83% complete
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Butterfly vertebra

Diagnosis certain
Published 13 Jan 2010
79% complete
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Butterfly vertebra

Diagnosis certain
Published 13 Sep 2010
88% complete
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C5 facet fracture

Diagnosis certain
Published 15 Feb 2018
89% complete
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C7 congenital abnormalities

Diagnosis certain
Published 31 Jul 2013
91% complete
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Calcaneal fracture and associated spinal injury

Diagnosis certain
Published 23 May 2012
92% complete
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Camptocormia (bent spine syndrome)

Diagnosis certain
Published 26 Jul 2016
91% complete
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Cauda equina syndrome due to prostate metastases

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 26 Jan 2009
65% complete
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Caudal regression syndrome

Diagnosis certain
Published 20 Oct 2010
65% complete
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Caudal regression syndrome

Diagnosis certain
Published 12 Oct 2016
98% complete
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Cement embolism

Diagnosis certain
Published 12 Dec 2015
100% complete
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Central line in subclavian vein

Diagnosis certain
Published 03 Jun 2019
85% complete
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Cervical canal stenosis

Diagnosis certain
Published 02 Jul 2012
89% complete
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Cervical disc replacement

Diagnosis certain
Published 05 Jun 2015
89% complete
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Cervical fracture dislocation C5-C6

Diagnosis certain
Published 22 Aug 2016
85% complete
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Cervical intercalary bone

Diagnosis certain
Published 16 Oct 2020
91% complete
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Cervical intercalary bone

Diagnosis certain
Published 08 Nov 2020
91% complete
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Cervical intercalary bones

Diagnosis certain
Published 25 Jul 2018
91% complete
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Cervical laminoplasty

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 17 Nov 2008
32% complete
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Cervical spine disc spacer

Diagnosis certain
Published 28 Nov 2016
88% complete
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Cervical spine dynamic instability in patient with rheumatoid arthritis

Diagnosis certain
Published 15 May 2016
88% complete
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Cervical spine posterior ligamentous complex rupture

Diagnosis certain
Published 05 Oct 2018
93% complete
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Cervical spondylodiskitis

Diagnosis certain
Published 04 May 2014
92% complete
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Chalk stick fracture - ankylosing spondylitis

Diagnosis certain
Published 16 Apr 2017
95% complete
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Chalkstick fracture in ankylosing spondylitis

Diagnosis certain
Published 22 Oct 2015
89% complete
CTX-ray
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Chance fracture

Diagnosis certain
Published 28 Apr 2015
95% complete
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Chance fracture

Diagnosis certain
Published 23 May 2016
87% complete
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Chondrosarcoma - clear cell

Diagnosis certain
Published 02 May 2009
87% complete
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Chondrosarcoma of the spine

Diagnosis certain
Published 15 Feb 2013
91% complete
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Christmas tree neurogenic bladder

Diagnosis certain
Published 24 Dec 2015
98% complete
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Clasp-knife deformity
Diagnosis certain
Published 26 Apr 2013
85% complete
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Clasp-knife syndrome

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 16 Jun 2015
75% complete
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