Os odontoideum is a common cause of atlantoaxial instability in the pediatric population. The authors present the cases of 2 patients whose initial clinical presentation and MR imaging findings were suggestive of an intramedullary neoplasm, but whose ultimate diagnosis was determined to be cervical spine instability and cord injury due to os odontoideum
Keywords : Adolescent,Atlanto-Axial Joint,Bone Transplantation,Cervical Vertebrae,Child,diagnosis,Diagnosis,Differential,diagnostic imaging,Female,Humans,Ilium,injuries,Joint Instability,Magnetic Resonance Imaging,methods,Odontoid Process,Orthotic Devices,pathology,Patients,Physicians,Reoperation,Spinal Cord,Spinal Cord Neoplasms,Spinal Fusion,Spine,surgery,Tomography,X-Ray Computed,transplantation,Transplantation,Autologous,Treatment Outcome,Universities,, Instability,From,Os,Odontoideum,Mimicking, frequency weymouth
Date of Publication : 2011 Oct
Authors : Gigante PR;Feldstein NA;Anderson RC;
Organisation : Department of Pediatric Neurological Surgery, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, New York 10032, USA. pg2223@columbia.edu
Journal of Publication : J Neurosurg Pediatr
Pubmed Link : https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21961541
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