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With hemivertebrae, what happened to the other half of the vertebrae?

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Dr. Stan Lee answered

Failure of formation: With a hemivertebra, half of the vertebra fails to form. There are other congenital spine defects where vertebrae fail to divide or segment, leading to portions of the spine that are "stuck" together.

Dr Villaplana and another doctor agreed

Answered 4/1/2014

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