Atlantoaxial instability associated with an orthotopic os odontoideum: A multimodality imaging assessment

Emergency Radiology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 223-225

  Vargas, Tomas M ^a   Rybicki, Frank J ^a   Ledbetter, Stephen M ^a   MacKenzie, John D ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical spine anomaly; Cervical spine trauma; Dens; Odontoid process; Os odontoideum

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL DISLOCATION; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ODONTOID PROCESS; ODONTOID PROCESS FRACTURE; ORTHOTOPIC OS ODONTOIDEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE INSTABILITY; SPINE MALFORMATION; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ADULT; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; ODONTOID PROCESS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 21544439582     PISSN: 10703004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10140-005-0406-3     Document Type: Article

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