Periodontoid pannus migration into the spinal canal with reduction of rheumatoid atlantoaxial subluxation: A case report

Journal of Orthopaedic Science

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 703-706

  Kosaka, Eiko ^a   Ishihara, Hirokazu ^a   Osada, Ryusuke ^a   Nakamura, Hiroshi ^a   Kimura, Tomoatsu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atlantoaxial subluxation; Periodontoid pannus; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL SUBLUXATION; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MYELOGRAPHY; NECK PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANNUS; PARESTHESIA; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL CANAL;

EID: 0036911099     PISSN: 09492658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007760200125     Document Type: Article

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