title: Os odontoideum in a patient with cervical vertigo: a case report.
abstract: Cervical vertebral anomalies are often associated with malformations or traumas, they may be completely asymptomatic and represent an occasional finding in vertigo or can cause severe neurologic complications (ie, compression of the upper cervical spine with myelopathy, epilepsy, or respiratory failure). This clinical case is a patient who came to us for observation for a peripheral harmonic vestibular syndrome, and in whom a malformation of the cervical vertebral joint (os odontoideum) was occasionally found on magnetic resonance imaging.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Otorhinolaryngology, University of the Sacred Heart ROMA, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Galli
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tartaglione
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Calo
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ottaviani
mesh_terms: D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002150:Caloric Tests; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008775:Methylprednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008875:Middle Aged; D009333:Neck; D009809:Odontoid Process / Q000002:abnormalities*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D016312:Treatment Refusal; D014717:Vertigo / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*
chemical_list: D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D008775:Methylprednisolone