Symptomatic cervical synovial cyst associated with an os odontoideum diagnosed by magnetic resonance imaging: Case report and review of the literature

Spine

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1300-1302

  Aksoy, Fatma Gül ^a,b   Gomori, John M ^c  

^a ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b Erzurum Mah   (Turkey)

^c HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Magnetic resonance imaging; Os odontoideum; Synovial cyst

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ODONTOID PROCESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNOVIAL CYST;

HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODONTOID PROCESS; SYNOVIAL CYST;

EID: 0034657808     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200005150-00019     Document Type: Article

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