title: A rare, complex developmental anomaly of the atlas: embryological and radiological considerations.
abstract: We report a patient with disseminated malignancy and a complex anomaly of C1 and C2 in whom CT confirmed the developmental nature of the bony abnormalities.
authors.affiliation: Strahlenklinik und Poliklinik, Charité Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany. hiho@charite.de
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hierholzer
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Isalberti
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hosten
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Stroszczynski
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gandini
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Felix
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001270:Cervical Atlas / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000196:embryology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D008545:Melanoma / Q000473:pathology; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed