title: Transoral stereotactic biopsy of the second cervical vertebral body: case report with technical note.
abstract: Although the transoral approach to the atlantoaxial region is generally an open surgical procedure, in patients in whom only tissue diagnosis is required, a needle biopsy can be done. In this paper a patient with a metastatic lesion in the second cervical vertebral body is presented, and the technique for needle biopsy of the second cervical body using stereotactic methods is described.
authors.affiliation: Neurosurgery Section, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha.
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Patil
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary; D000368:Aged; D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000379:methods*; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009055:Mouth / Q000601:surgery*; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary; D013238:Stereotaxic Techniques