title: Atlantoaxial stability in ossiculum terminale. Case report.
abstract: The authors describe a patient with ossiculum terminale. Thin-section three-dimensional computerized tomography reconstructions, magnetic resonance images, and radiographs of the cervical spine were obtained to evaluate the atlantoaxial stability and structures of the ossiculum terminale. Bone had formed between the ossicles and the body of the odontoid process, and good atlantoaxial stability was clearly demonstrated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical Center, Taiwan.
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Lui
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: T C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001268:Atlanto-Axial Joint / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000473:pathology; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D007593:Joint Instability / Q000175:diagnosis; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009809:Odontoid Process / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000473:pathology; D010012:Osteogenesis / Q000502:physiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed