ReviewGlobal spine journal2019
Butterfly Vertebrae: A Systematic Review of the Literature and Analysis.
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11 citing papers in PubMed.
- Two Cases of Singular Sacral S1 Butterfly Vertebra.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- CT Morphometric Analysis of Ossification Centres in the Fetal Th12 Vertebra.Brain sciences · 2025Article
- A rare case of intradural intramedullary cervical spinal neurenteric cyst in an adult: illustrative case.Journal of neurosurgery. Case lessons · 2025Article
- Spinal lesions: a comprehensive radiologic overview.Frontiers in radiology · 2025Review
- Association of spinal cord abnormalities with vertebral anomalies: an embryological perspective.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2024Article
- Vertebral anomalies and VACTERL association in pontine tegmental cap dysplasia: a paediatric case report.BJR case reports · 2024Article
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- A rare incidental finding of an isolated S1 butterfly vertebra: A case report.Radiology case reports · 2022Article
- A Concomitant Occurrence of the Atlantoaxial Subluxation with Rare Vertebral Formation and Segmentation Defects.Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society · 2021Article
- Multi-level sagittally cleft vertebrae: a case report and review of the literature.Surgical and radiologic anatomy : SRA · 2021Review
- Spinal cord injury in an adult patient with thoracic butterfly vertebra: a case report and review of the literature.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2020Review
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Abstract
STUDY
designSystematic review (Level 4).
objectiveTo summarize the demographics, clinical presentations, and conditions associated with butterfly vertebrae.
methodsA systematic search was performed of multiple databases. A total of 279 articles were identified for screening. Case series or case reports of butterfly vertebrae with adequate clinical detail were complied.
resultsEighty-two total articles (109 patients) were selected for final inclusion. Sixty-one percent of patients presented with a single butterfly vertebra, while 39% were multiple. The most common location for butterfly vertebrae was T1. Fifty-six percent of cases were associated with a syndrome, the most common being spondylocostal dysostosis. The presence of multiple butterfly vertebra was strongly associated with a syndrome or additional anomalies (
conclusionsThis study is the largest collection of butterfly vertebrae cases to date. Butterfly vertebrae are associated with spinal deformity and multiple butterfly vertebrae may indicate a syndromic illness. Low back pain or disc herniation may occur with lumbar butterfly vertebrae however the etiology of this phenomena has not been rigorously explained. Many diseases and syndromes are associated with butterfly vertebrae.
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