Spinal cord injury in an adult patient with thoracic butterfly vertebra: a case report and review of the literature

Abstract Background Butterfly vertebrae are a rare congenital vertebral anomaly. An overlap of this spinal anomaly with other diseases has been reported. However, to the authors’ knowledge, the coexistence of butterfly vertebrae and spinal cord injury has not been reported in the literature. Case pr...

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Main Authors: Ai-Bing Huang, Meng Bai, Huan Liu, Zhi-Yong Zhou, Jia-Xu Wei
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-06-01
Series:BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12891-020-03433-9