Atlantoaxial instability and retroodontoid mass - Two case reports

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 603-606

  Goel, Atul ^a   Phalke, Umesh ^a   Cacciola, Francesco ^a   Muzumdar, Dattatraya ^a  

^a KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Atlantoaxial dislocation; Odontoid process; Posterior longitudinal ligament

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL DISLOCATION; ATLANTOAXIAL FIXATION; ATLANTOAXIAL INSTABILITY; CASE REPORT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FRACTURE FIXATION; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; NECK PAIN; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ODONTOID PROCESS; POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; QUADRIPLEGIA; RETROODONTOID LIGAMENTOUS HYPERTROPHY; RETROODONTOID TUMOR; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE TUMOR;

AGED; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; DISLOCATIONS; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODONTOID PROCESS; SPINAL DISEASES;

EID: 10044233769     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.44.603     Document Type: Article

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