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Review
. 1989;19(8):535-8.
doi: 10.1007/BF02389566.

Primary spondylolysis of the axis vertebra (C2) in three children, including one with pyknodysostosis

G Currarino  1
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Review

Primary spondylolysis of the axis vertebra (C2) in three children, including one with pyknodysostosis

G Currarino. Pediatr Radiol. 1989.

Abstract

This report describes 3 children with a cleft in the pedicles of the second cervical vertebra of uncertain cause. One of these patients had pyknodysostosis. Previous instances of such defects in the literature are reviewed with some considerations on the possible nature of the lesion.

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