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Reformatted coronal CT scan of the spine in a 17-year-old adult patient showed the massive pathologic aberration of the cartilaginous stage of development (defective primary ossification of the vertebral column) causing effectively the maldevelopment of extensive butterfly-like and hemivertebrae like malformation (defective vertebral ossification) along the entire spine with subsequent development of progressive scoliosis/kyphoscoliosis.
