A rare, complex developmental anomaly of the atlas: embryological and radiological considerations.
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.
Hierholzer
J
J
Strahlenklinik und Poliklinik, Charité Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany. hiho@charite.de
Isalberti
M
M
Hosten
N
N
Stroszczynski
C
C
Gandini
G
G
Felix
R
R
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