CONGENITAL SCOLIOSIS: AN ARTICLE REVIEW by Komang Agung Irianto, Hizbillah Yazid

“…Contents: CS can range from hemivertebrae (HV) which may be single or multiple, vertebral bar with or without HV, block vertebrae, wedge shaped or butterfly vertebrae. The risk factors for progression include: type of defect, site of defect, and the patient's age. …”
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Assessment of Bone Mineral Density in Male Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease by DXA and Quantitative Computed Tomography by George Fountoulis, Theodora Kerenidi, Constantinos Kokkinis, Panagiotis Georgoulias, Paschal Thriskos, Konstantinos Gourgoulianis, Ioannis Fezoulidis, Katerina Vassiou, Marianna Vlychou

“…Thirty-seven male patients with established COPD were examined with DXA and standard QCT in lumbar spine, including L1, L2, and L3 vertebrae. T-scores and bone mineral density values were calculated by DXA and QCT method, respectively. …”
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Taphonomy of the reference Middle Permian – Early Triassic tetrapod localities of the East European Platform. I. Perevolotsoye locality (Tupilakosaurus fauna) by A.V. Ulyakhin, I.V. Novikov

“…Based on the ratio of paired elements (hypo- and pleurocentra) in embolomerous vertebrae of the brachiopoid temnospondyl Tupilakosaurus (over 1500 specimens), the conclusion about the predominantly autochthonous genesis of the locality was made. …”
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Foreword by E Murer, P Niederer, B Radanov, A Rumo-Jungo, M Sturzenegger, F Walz

“…This might cause damage to vertebrae and cervical tissue in the neck, with no visible and easily attestable signs of injury. …”
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Combined Klippel-Feil syndrome, Sprengel deformity, and diffuse large B-cell lymphoma: A rare case report by Golnaz Lotfian, MD, Amirmasoud Negarestani, MD, Sarah Gondek, BS, Aleksandr Raskind, DO, William Chen, MD, Emad Allam, MD

“…Klippel-Feil syndrome (KFS) is a rare congenital disorder characterized by the fusion of cervical vertebrae, with a clinical presentation that can vary widely due to genetic and phenotypic diversity. …”
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The Assessment of Spinal Alignment Based on a Computer-Assisted Electromechanical Device by Israa Khalifa, Aseel Ghazwan, Luay Asaad Mahmood

“…The MPU-6050 sensor was employed to record the angle between the two vertebrae, while the rotary encoder was utilized to measure the length of the spine. …”
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Enhanced Safety and Efficacy of O‐Arm Navigation Over C‐Arm Guidance in Percutaneous Kyphoplasty for Patients With Osteoporotic Vertebral Compression Fractures and Spinal Deformity... by Zhong‐Wei Ji, Min‐Jie Shen, Jia‐Jia Sun, Jia‐Le Wang, Yong‐Kang Deng, Yao Zhang, Xie‐Xing Wu, Kang‐Wu Chen, Hai‐Qing Mao

“…From February 2019 to February 2022, we enrolled 28 patients with OVCF (44 vertebrae) with spinal deformity treated with O‐arm navigation‐assisted PKP and 30 patients with OVCF (42 vertebrae) with spinal deformity treated with C‐arm‐guided PKP. …”
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Emphysema is associated with thoracic vertebral bone attenuation on chest CT scan in HIV-infected individuals. by Alycia Petraglia, Joseph K Leader, Matthew Gingo, Meghan Fitzpatrick, John Ries, Cathy Kessinger, Lorrie Lucht, Danielle Camp, Alison Morris, Jessica Bon

“…Chest CT scans were used to quantify emphysema and compute Hounsfield Unit (HU) attenuation of the 4th, 7th, and 10th thoracic vertebrae. The association between mean HU attenuation values across the three vertebrae and radiographic emphysema, age, sex, body mass index (BMI), steroid use, viral load, CD4 count, and forced expiratory volume in the first second (FEV1) was assessed by univariate and multivariate analyses.…”
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Clinical use of 3D computed tomography in diagnosis and therapy of tail necrosis in a ball python (Python regius) by Ts. Chaprazov

“…Osteolytic and osteosclerotic changes in coccygeal vertebrae were visualised by radiography and computed tomography. …”

Evaluation of clinical, laboratory, radiographical and histopathological characteristics in patients with spinal tuberculosis in the context of HIV infection: An analysis of 52 pat... by J Scherer, M Locketz, S Castelein, R Dunn, M Held, F Thienemann

“…HIV-infected patients showed a higher count of involved vertebrae (mean 3.0 v. 3.85; p=0.034). There was no correlation between CD4 count and the number of involved vertebrae. …”
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Macroanatomical and subgross studies on the lumbosacral plexus of the donkey (equus asinus 1.) by Hasan Erden

“…The results showed that one animal had tour, five anima/s had five, two anima/s had six lu mb ar vertebrae. Therefore, the significant differences in both the formatian of the Jumbosacral plexus and the sp ina! …”
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Automatic Comparative Chest Radiography Using Deep Neural Networks by Redwan Sony, Carolyn V. Isaac, Alexis Vanbaarle, Clara J. Devota, Todd Fenton, Joseph T. Hefner, Arun Ross

“…We first manually annotated 3 different regions of interest (ROIs) on the radiographs based on expert domain knowledge, viz., thoracic vertebrae from T1-T5; clavicles; and complete vertebral column. …”
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Spinal Exostosis in a Boy with Multiple Hereditary Exostoses by Ali Al Kaissi, Rudolf Ganger, Klaus Klaushofer, Franz Grill

“…Spine radiograph showed a cauliflower-like abnormality of multiple exostoses of the posterior arch (pedicle) of the thoracic vertebrae (T3–5). Reformatted CT scanning revealed the simultaneous development of intra- and extraspinal osteochondromatosis of T3–5. …”
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Skeletal deformities in Barbus xanthos (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) collected from the Dalaman River in southwestern Turkey by Jawad Laith, Güçlü Salim Serkan

“…Abnormalities of the vertebral column were observed in both thoracic and caudal vertebrae. Cases of lordosis and consecutive repetition of lordosis and kyphosis showed varying degrees of severity. …”
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Goldenhar Syndrome with Dextrocardia and Right Pulmonary Hypoplasia: An Unusual Association by Nagendra Chaudhary, Sandeep Shrestha, Hemant Kumar Halwai

“…Goldenhar syndrome (GS), a rare condition, occurring due to defect in development of first and second branchial arches, is characterized by a combination of various anomalies involving face, eyes, ears, vertebrae, heart, and lungs. The etiology of GS is not fully known, although various hypotheses have been proposed along with its genetic association and many other causes. …”
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Acute Spinal Cord Contusion in a Patient with Multiple Upper Cervical Fractures, Parkinson’s Disease, and Torticollis: Surgical Management by Sarah Merrill, Maziyar A. Kalani, Naresh P. Patel, Mark K. Lyons, Matthew T. Neal

“…We describe a case of cervical myelopathy in a patient with PD, multiple fractures involving the atlas and axis vertebrae, and spasmodic torticollis. The patient was successfully treated with an upper cervical decompression and occipital-cervical (OC) fusion surgery. …”
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Paravertebral and Retroperitoneal Vascular Tumour Presenting with Kasabach-Merritt Phenomenon in Childhood, Diagnosed with Magnetic Resonance Imaging by Gonca Keskindemirci, Deniz Tuğcu, Gönül Aydoğan, Arzu Akçay, Nuray Aktay Ayaz, Ali Er, Ensar Yekeler, Bilge Bilgiç

“…Magnetic resonance imaging revealed an extensive lesion at paravertebral and retroperitoneal regions that was infiltrating vertebrae. Although we did not get any response to steroid or propranolol treatment, partial response was observed radiologically with interferon-alpha treatment. …”
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Cobitis beijingensis, a new spined loach from northern China (Cypriniformes, Cobitidae) by Zhi-Xian Sun, Xue-Yuan Li, Xue-Jian Li, Jun-Yuan Hao, Dong Sheng, Ya-Hui Zhao

“…The new species can be distinguished from other congeners by a combination of characters: 1) Lamina circularis on pectoral fin of male elongated, posterior margin slightly serrated; 2) possessing 14–18 (mode 15) pre-pelvic myotomes; 3) pelvic fin inserted below 3rd–5th branched dorsal-fin ray; 4) total vertebrae 4+ 36–38 (mode 37); 5) L2 of the Gambetta’s pattern does not exist or is fused with L1. …”
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Fracture of the Atlas through a Synchondrosis of Anterior Arch by Gamze Turk, Ismail M. Kabakus, Erhan Akpinar

“…Greater elasticity of intervertebral ligaments and also the spinal vertebrae explains why cervical fractures in paediatric ages are rare. …”
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Massive Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak of the Temporal Bone by Giannicola Iannella, Alessandra Manno, Emanuela Pasqualitto, Andrea Ciofalo, Diletta Angeletti, Benedetta Pasquariello, Giuseppe Magliulo

“…The authors describe the case of a 47-year-old man with a massive effusion of CSF which extended from the posterior and lateral skull base to the first cervical vertebrae; this complication appeared after a partial enucleation of a vestibular schwannoma (VS) with subsequent radiation treatment and second operation with total VS resection.…”
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