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7-year-old child with a normal ossiculum terminale. Coronal reformatted CT image through the anterior aspect of the C-2 vertebral body shows ossification of the ossiculum terminale along the superior margin of the dens (white arrow). A characteristic “V”-shaped cartilaginous cleft is seen underlying the ossiculum terminale (black arrow).
