Cervical myelopathy caused by atlas osteochondroma and pseudoarthrosis between the osteochondroma and lamina of the axis

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 346-349

  Miyakoshi, Naohisa ^a   Hongo, Michio ^a   Kasukawa, Yuji ^a   Shimada, Yoichi ^a  

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atlas; Myelopathy; Osteochondroma; Osteophyte; Pseudoarthrosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATLAS; AXIS; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COORDINATION DISORDER; FALLING; GAIT DISORDER; HAND PARESTHESIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOCHONDROMA; OSTEOPHYTE; PSEUDARTHROSIS; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION;

AXIS; CERVICAL ATLAS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOCHONDROMA; OSTEOPHYTE; PSEUDARTHROSIS; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77951961205     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: 13498029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.50.346     Document Type: Article

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