Cervical Vertebra; Transverse Process; Normal Variant; Aberrant Articulation
Issue Date
2013-09
Publisher
대한영상의학회
Citation
대한영상의학회지, 2013, 69(3), P.235-237(3)
Abstract
Aberrant articulation between two anterior tubercles is a rare congenital anomaly that should be considered for patients showing a bony projection anterior to the vertebral body on a lateral radiograph of the cervical spine. We present a case of an elongation of the anterior tubercles of the transverse processes of both the fifth and sixth cervical vertebrae. This finding is probably a form of supernumerary cervical rib developing at a level above the lowest cervical spine.