title: [Elongated transverse process of the atlas. A contribution to the differential diagnosis of cervical lymph node hyperplasia].
abstract: In some patients the transverse process is palpable as a solid immobile knot in the angle of the mandible and is sometimes interpreted as an enlarged cervical gland or as a tumour of the parotid gland. The difficulties of differential diagnosis are illustrated by case reports. The possibilities of examination (full-size radiogram, tomogram, computer tomogram) are shown. The results of cephalometric measurements concerning the size of the atlas and its relation to the base of the skull are also described.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001270:Cervical Atlas / Q000002:abnormalities*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D006965:Hyperplasia; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology*; D008199:Lymphadenitis / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
vernacular_title: Der elongierte Querfortsatz des Atlas. Ein Beitrag zur Differentialdiagnose von Halslymphknotenvergrösserungen.