Sacral hemivertebra: a case report

Hemivertebrae are most commonly seen in the thoracic and lumbar regions but sacral hemivertebrae are very rarely seen. While performing a radiographic search for a study on congenital scoliosis in patients with congenital heart disease, an 11-month-old boy who was treated surgically for congenital heart disease in 1997 was found to have a sacral hemivertebra with no thoracic or lumbar scoliosis. He was almost symptom free and had no complaint regarding his sacral hemivertebra including back-pain in this 7-year period. In the radiographic study, sacral 2–3 hemivertebrae with segmentations were detected which did not cause thoracic or lumbar scoliosis.