Ganglion cyst of the odontoid process: Case report and review of the literature

Spine

Volumn 21, Issue 17, 1996, Pages 2019-2022

  Tabaddor, Kamran ^a,b   Sachs, David ^a   Llena, Josefina F ^a   Testaiuti, Mark A ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

cervical spine; ganglion cyst; synovial cyst; transoral surgery

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GANGLION; HUMAN; NECK PAIN; ODONTOID PROCESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SYNOVIAL CYST; TRACHEOSTOMY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE CYSTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ODONTOID PROCESS; SPINAL DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0029761101     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199609010-00019     Document Type: Article

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