Vertebral Tongue-Like Deformity in Mucopolysaccharidosis VI

Abstract

Teaching point: Defective development of the anterior portion of the vertebral body at the thoracolumbar junction may be an important imaging clue in the diagnosis of mucopolysaccharidosis.

Keywords

• mucopolysaccharidosis
• gibbus
• thoracolumbar hyperkyphosis
• tongue-like vertebrae
• bullet-shaped vertebrae