title: Occipital neuralgia secondary to hypermobile posterior arch of atlas. Case report.
abstract: The authors report on the management of occipital neuralgia secondary to an abnormality of the atlas in which the posterior arch was separated by a fibrous band from the lateral masses, resulting in C-2 nerve root compression. The causes and treatments of occipital neuralgia as well as the development of the atlas are reviewed.
authors: Department of Neurosurgery, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
authors: A F
authors: AF
authors: Post
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Narayan
authors: R W
authors: RW
authors: Haid
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001270:Cervical Atlas; D006801:Humans; D007593:Joint Instability / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D009437:Neuralgia / Q000209:etiology*; D009777:Occipital Bone / Q000294:innervation*; D013131:Spine; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed