Caso radiológico: bloco vertebral

• Author(s): Macedo, F.
• Date: 2011
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.16/1051
• Origin: Repositório Científico do Centro Hospitalar do Porto
• Subject(s): block vertebrae
• Document Type: Article
• Language: Portuguese

Description

We present a case of a 15-year-old boy in whom an x-ray of the vertebral column was performed to investigate dorsal hipercyphosis. The exam showed partial block vertebrae in D8-D9. Block vertebrae may be congenital or acquired, partial or complete. Most of the times it is an incidental x-ray finding.