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a Plain X-ray of an 8-year-old girl with distorting vertebral overgrowth and scoliosis. b Computerized tomography (CT) with 3D reconstruction of the same patient as in (a) at age 11 years. Scoliosis in patients with PS can progress extremely rapidly and have severe consequences—this patient died at age 15 years as a result of respiratory insufficiency
