Cases
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Rhizomelic chondrodysplasia punctata

Diagnosis certain
Published 14 Oct 2015
94% complete
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Congenital L3-L4 vertebral body fusion

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 02 Apr 2021
79% complete
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Odontoid fracture type II (Anderson-D’Alonzo classification)

Diagnosis certain
Published 30 Mar 2021
89% complete
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Osteochondroma - cervical spine

Diagnosis certain
Published 13 Jan 2016
92% complete
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Ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament

Diagnosis certain
Published 16 Jul 2008
86% complete
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Longus colli calcific tendonitis

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 24 Mar 2021
75% complete
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Spondylolisthesis - grade III

Diagnosis certain
Published 23 Sep 2008
75% complete
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Caudal regression syndrome

Diagnosis certain
Published 02 Jan 2014
90% complete
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Luckenschadel skull

Diagnosis certain
Published 23 Apr 2010
82% complete
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Cervical rib with pseudoarthrosis and facet arthropathy

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 17 Mar 2021
60% complete
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Umbilical piercing

Diagnosis certain
Published 19 Mar 2021
97% complete
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Lumbosacral transitional vertebra - sacralization of L5

Diagnosis certain
Published 17 Nov 2020
91% complete
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Lumbosacral transitional vertebra

Diagnosis certain
Published 18 Mar 2021
91% complete
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Multiple schwannomas

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 16 Jun 2017
77% complete
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Dens fracture and atlantoaxial subluxation

Diagnosis certain
Published 20 Jun 2019
69% complete
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Sickle cell anemia on chest radiograph

Diagnosis certain
Published 05 Jan 2018
85% complete
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Clay-shoveler fracture

Diagnosis certain
Published 29 Jan 2015
97% complete
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Scheuermann disease

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 26 May 2019
77% complete
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Non-marginal osteophyte
Diagnosis certain
Published 18 Sep 2012
79% complete
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Diastematomyelia

Diagnosis certain
Published 10 Nov 2009
73% 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 vertebra C2/3

Diagnosis certain
Published 19 Jun 2012
69% 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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Thoracolumbar scoliosis spinal fixation

Diagnosis certain
Published 18 Feb 2021
82% complete
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Myxopapillary ependymoma

Diagnosis certain
Published 11 Feb 2021
95% complete
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Odontoid fracture (type II)

Diagnosis certain
Published 19 Mar 2010
80% complete
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Ankylosing spondylitis
Diagnosis almost certain
Published 20 Apr 2015
69% 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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Aneurysmal bone cyst

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 15 Apr 2010
70% complete
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Normal cervical spine radiographs - 2-year-old

Diagnosis certain
Published 14 May 2017
79% complete
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Normal cervical spine radiographs with swimmer's view

Diagnosis certain
Published 06 Oct 2016
85% complete
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Spondylolisthesis: L5 on S1

Diagnosis certain
Published 02 Aug 2015
79% complete
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C7 congenital abnormalities

Diagnosis certain
Published 31 Jul 2013
91% complete
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Chance fracture

Diagnosis certain
Published 23 May 2016
87% complete
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Rugger-jersey spine

Diagnosis certain
Published 03 Feb 2021
75% complete
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Focal upper thoracic scoliosis

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 30 Jan 2021
75% complete
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Spondylodiskitis

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 13 May 2015
72% complete
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Winking owl sign

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 27 Jan 2021
69% complete
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Three column thoracic spine fracture

Diagnosis certain
Published 27 Jun 2016
92% complete
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Hangman's fracture

Diagnosis certain
Published 03 Mar 2015
84% complete
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Jefferson fracture with extension teardrop

Diagnosis certain
Published 08 Aug 2012
92% complete
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Nuchal ligament ossification

Diagnosis certain
Published 04 Nov 2020
79% complete
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Congenital variants - vertebrae

Diagnosis certain
Published 06 Feb 2018
88% complete
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Pars interarticularis defect and spondylolisthesis

Diagnosis certain
Published 18 Nov 2014
91% complete
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Lumbosacral transitional vertebra - Castellvi IIa

Diagnosis certain
Published 22 Oct 2019
86% complete
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Kümmell disease

Diagnosis certain
Published 20 Oct 2010
80% complete
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Sacral fracture

Diagnosis certain
Published 30 Dec 2020
91% complete
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Absent posterior arch of C1 vertebra

Diagnosis certain
Published 24 Jun 2015
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

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 25 Apr 2014
77% complete
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Spina bifida

Diagnosis certain
Published 04 Jan 2020
91% complete
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Intrathecal Lipiodol

Diagnosis certain
Published 06 Jul 2018
95% complete
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Bone within a bone

Diagnosis certain
Published 28 Oct 2012
94% complete
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Lumbar vertebral aneurysmal bone cyst

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 17 Aug 2017
79% complete
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L4 vertebral body pathological fracture secondary to myeloma

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 15 Oct 2014
83% complete
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Bilateral perched cervical facet joints: hyperflexion injury

Diagnosis certain
Published 30 Jan 2015
92% complete
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Pseudosubluxation

Diagnosis certain
Published 11 Mar 2019
82% complete
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Eosinophilic granuloma - spine

Diagnosis certain
Published 03 Feb 2010
82% complete
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Neuroblastoma

Diagnosis certain
Published 02 Apr 2009
87% complete
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Clasp-knife deformity
Diagnosis certain
Published 26 Apr 2013
85% complete
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Pott disease

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 14 Mar 2015
74% complete
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Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 07 Feb 2017
79% complete
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Ankylosing spondylitis

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 09 May 2012
54% complete
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Spondylolisthesis, spondylolysis and spondylosis, with osteoporosis and bilateral L5 sacralization

Diagnosis certain
Published 12 Dec 2020
94% complete
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Sacrococcygeal giant cell tumor

Diagnosis certain
Published 03 Jan 2017
94% complete
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Caudal regression syndrome

Diagnosis certain
Published 20 Oct 2010
65% complete
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Burst fracture

Diagnosis certain
Published 01 Dec 2020
82% complete
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Langerhans cell histiocytosis - vertebra plana

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 23 Jan 2020
77% complete
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Hypoplastic right 12th rib

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 26 Feb 2018
74% complete
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Caudal regression syndrome

Diagnosis certain
Published 12 Oct 2016
98% complete
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Lumbar myelomeningocele with tethered cord

Diagnosis certain
Published 17 Mar 2015
73% complete
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Hypoxic ischemic injury, diffuse axonal injury and atlanto-occipital dislocation

Diagnosis certain
Published 20 Jun 2018
95% complete
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Coccyx fracture

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 25 Oct 2015
75% complete
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Lumbosacral transitional vertebra - Castellvi type IIIa

Diagnosis certain
Published 13 Jun 2019
75% complete
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Ankylosing spondylosis - calcified sacrotuberous ligament
Diagnosis almost certain
Published 08 Jul 2014
79% complete
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Sacral agenesis

Diagnosis certain
Published 30 Mar 2017
91% complete
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Klippel-Feil syndrome with Sprengel deformity

Diagnosis certain
Published 06 Nov 2015
90% complete
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Tuberculous spondylodiskitis

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 04 Jan 2018
75% complete
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Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF)

Diagnosis certain
Published 23 Aug 2019
88% complete
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Hemivertebra with congenital scoliosis

Diagnosis certain
Published 18 Dec 2015
92% complete
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Atlanto-occipital assimilation

Diagnosis certain
Published 08 Aug 2010
60% complete
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Cervical intercalary bone

Diagnosis certain
Published 08 Nov 2020
91% complete
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Disseminated tuberculosis

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 18 Oct 2013
68% complete
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Jefferson fracture - child

Diagnosis certain
Published 08 Jun 2016
92% complete
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Thoracic paravertebral abscess and osteomyelitis

Diagnosis certain
Published 13 Jun 2017
86% complete
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Traumatic diaphragm rupture and abdominal wall hernia

Diagnosis certain
Published 31 Dec 2015
76% complete
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Vertebral burst fracture - L2

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 04 Nov 2020
74% 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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Lumbosacral transitional vertebra - type Ia

Diagnosis certain
Published 24 Jan 2017
90% complete
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Ankylosing spondylitis

Diagnosis certain
Published 12 Dec 2016
89% complete
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Vertebroplasty

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 22 Dec 2013
79% complete
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