A special form of constitutional narrowness of the cervical vertebral canal with thickened and hyperdense cortical bone of the posterior arch (osteopetrosis tardiva?).
The author describes a constitutional narrowness of the cervical spinal canal which is characterized by thickening and hyperdensity of some parts of the posterior arch of the cervical vertebrae. He proposes the hypothesis of a special form of osteopetrosis tardiva (Albers-Schoenberg).
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Service de Radiologie 1, Hôpital Central, Centre Hospitalier Régional et Universitaire, Strasbourg, France.
D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D010022:Osteopetrosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011859:Radiography