Bullet-shaped vertebra

Preschooler

with short stature. AP radiograph of the thoracolumbar spine (left) shows ribs that are widened but then taper at their vertebral insertions (oar-shaped ribs). Lateral radiograph of the thoracolumbar spine (right) shows the vertebral bodies to be hypoplastic and oval in appearance and to be beaked anteriorly, resulting in a gibbus deformity at the thoracolumbar junction. Overall there is diffuse platyspondyly of the spine.The diagnosis was mucopolysaccharidoses type IV – Morquio syndrome.

Morquio

syndrome • Morquio syndrome - Ganzer Fall bei Radiopaedia

Morquio

syndrome • Morquio Syndrome - Ganzer Fall bei Radiopaedia