ATLAS HYPOPLASIA AS A CAUSE OF HIGH CERVICAL MYELOPATHY - CASE-REPORT

Authors
KOMATSU Y SHIBATA T YASUDA S ONO Y NOSE T
Citation
Y. Komatsu et al., ATLAS HYPOPLASIA AS A CAUSE OF HIGH CERVICAL MYELOPATHY - CASE-REPORT, Journal of neurosurgery, 79(6), 1993, pp. 917-919
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Neurosciences,Surgery
Journal title
Journal of neurosurgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
00223085
Volume
79
Issue
6
Year of publication
1993
Pages
917 - 919
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-3085(1993)79:6<917:AHAACO>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
A high cervical myelopathy due to atlas hypoplasia is described in a 5 6-year-old man; the condition caused marked segmental compression of t he spinal cord. A remarkable neurological recovery followed decompress ive laminectomy of the atlas and adjacent regions. The authors discuss the embryology and etiology of this anomaly.