Craniocervical Junction Synovial Cyst Associated with Atlanto-Axial Dislocation: Case Report

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 539-543

  Akiyama, Hideyuki ^a   Tamaki, Norihiko ^a   Kondoh, Takeshi ^a   Nagashima, Tatsuya ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

atlanto axial dislocation; posterior fusion; synovial cyst; transcondylar approach

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL DISLOCATION; ATLANTOOCCIPITAL JOINT; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ODONTOID PROCESS; PARESTHESIA; SKULL RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SYNOVIAL CYST; SYNOVIOCYTE;

ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DISLOCATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; ODONTOID PROCESS; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL FUSION; SYNOVIAL CYST; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032769259     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: 13498029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.39.539     Document Type: Article

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