Section of spine demonstrating kyphoscoliosis
Section of spine demonstrating kyphoscoliosis

This is a spinal column, cut in the coronal plane.
Normally, the vertebral bodies would lie straight across the image, with the top and bottom edges forming two straight lines.
In this case, the two edges show dramatic curvatures.
This is pathognomonic of kyphoscoliosis.
(Description By:T. V. Rajan, M.D. )
(Image Contrib. by:T.V.Rajan, M.D. UCHC )