Retro-odontoid soft tissue mass associated with atlantoaxial subluxation in an elderly patient: A case report

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 223-226

  Isono, Mitsuo ^a   Ishii, Keisuke ^a   Kamida, Tohru ^a   Fujiki, Minoru ^a   Goda, Makoto ^a   Kobayashi, Hidenori ^a  

^a OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atlantoaxial subluxation; MRI; Myelopathy; Posterior fixation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL SUBLUXATION; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NECK PAIN; ODONTOID PROCESS; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE STABILIZATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034999698     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-3019(01)00345-7     Document Type: Article

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