Imaging features in combined atlantoaxial and occipitoatlantal rotatory subluxation: a rare entity. Case report

P Bouillot; S Fuentes; H Dufour; L Manera; F Grisoli

doi:10.3171/spi.1999.90.2.0258

Imaging features in combined atlantoaxial and occipitoatlantal rotatory subluxation: a rare entity. Case report

J Neurosurg. 1999 Apr;90(2 Suppl):258-60. doi: 10.3171/spi.1999.90.2.0258.

Authors

P Bouillot¹, S Fuentes, H Dufour, L Manera, F Grisoli

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neurosurgery, Centre Hospitalier Régional et Universitaire de Marseille La Timone, France. pbouillo@ap-hm.fr

PMID: 10199260
DOI: 10.3171/spi.1999.90.2.0258

Abstract

The authors report a new case of combined atlantoaxial and occipitoatlantal rotatory subluxation in a 17-year-old girl. They describe the clinical and imaging features of this rare entity. An occiput-C2 arthrodesis was performed.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Atlanto-Axial Joint / diagnostic imaging
Atlanto-Axial Joint / physiopathology*
Atlanto-Axial Joint / surgery
Female
Humans
Joint Dislocations / diagnostic imaging
Joint Dislocations / physiopathology*
Joint Dislocations / surgery
Occipital Bone / diagnostic imaging
Occipital Bone / physiopathology*
Rotation
Tomography, X-Ray Computed