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IMAGING OF VERTEBRAE

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ABNORMAL CURVATURES<br />

KYPHOSIS ‘hump’<br />

back, exaggerated<br />

curvature; often in<br />

thorax of elderly;<br />

concave anteriorly<br />

SCOLIOSIS<br />

abnormal lateral<br />

curvature (‘kink’ in<br />

spine); can be due<br />

to hemivertebra<br />

LORDOSIS<br />

exaggerated<br />

lumbar curvature<br />

concave<br />

posteriorly

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