Abstract
The term congenital spinal anomalies encompasses a wide variety of dysmorphology that occurs during early development. Familiarity with current terminology and a practical, clinico–radiologic classification system allows the radiologist to have a more complete understanding of malformations of the spine and improves accuracy of diagnosis when these entities are encountered in practice.
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Schwartz, E.S., Rossi, A. Congenital spine anomalies: the closed spinal dysraphisms. Pediatr Radiol 45 (Suppl 3), 413–419 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-015-3425-6
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