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We describe two cases of persistent notochordal canal documented by plain films and computed tomography as a vertical central canal surrounded by a rim of osteosclerosis extending the depth of the vertebrae involved.
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Cotten, A., Deprez, X., Lejeune, J.P. et al. Persistence of the notochordal canal: plain film and CT findings. Neuroradiology 37, 308–310 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00588342
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