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Sacral butterfly vertebrae in the setting of a sacral fracture and unstable pelvic ring injury: A case report and review of the literature

Butterfly vertebrae are rare developmental anomalies representing failure of formation of the vertebral body. There have only been 8 previous reports of a butterfly vertebra occurring at S1. This is the first described case of a butterfly vertebra presenting with a sacral fracture and pelvic ring in...

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Autores principales: Katsuura, Yoshihiro, Kiner, Dirk
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6289954/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30560193
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tcr.2018.11.011
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Sumario:Butterfly vertebrae are rare developmental anomalies representing failure of formation of the vertebral body. There have only been 8 previous reports of a butterfly vertebra occurring at S1. This is the first described case of a butterfly vertebra presenting with a sacral fracture and pelvic ring injury.