IJAR.2024.129
Type of Article: Case Report
Volume 12; Issue 3 (September 2024)
Page No.: 8961-8963
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.16965/ijar.2024.129
Synostosis of C7 And T1 with Bilateral Incomplete Foramen Transversarium in T1 – A Case Report
Patel Dinesh K 1, Shinde Amol A 1*.
1,*2 Professor, Department of Anatomy, Dr.D.Y.Patil Vidhyapeeth and Medical College, Pimpri, Pune, Maharashtra, India.
Corresponding author: Dr. Shinde Amol A, B-1004 Westside County Society, Pimple Gurav, Pimpri, Pune – 411061 Phone, Maharashtra, India. – 9422242536 E-Mail: amol9267@gmail.com
ORCiD
Patel Dinesh K: 0000-0002-7944-7846
Shinde Amol A: 0000-0001-6227-1584
ABSTRACT
The fusion of cervical vertebrae is seen in Klippel-Feil syndrome. We found a fused bone in which the C7 and T1 vertebrae are fused. Incomplete or forming foramen transversarium [FT] is seen on the transverse process of T1. Costal facets are seen on the body and transverse process of T1 along with an incomplete or forming foramen transversarium. The incomplete foramen were seen bilaterally and of similar size. Knowledge of this rare variation will guide the radiologists for diagnosis and spine surgeons to decide the course of the surgery.
Keywords: Klippel-Feil Syndrome, Incomplete foramen transversarium, Synostosis, Cervical vertebral fusion syndrome, Vertebral artery.
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