Isolated inflammatory pseudotumor of the occipital condyle. Report of two cases.
Although the craniocervical junction is involved in a variety of conditions including trauma, neoplastic lesions, and inflammatory processes, isolated inflammatory conditions involving the occipital condyle exclusively are not known. The authors report this unusual condition in two cases. Unless the patient is of poor medical risk, excision of the lesion is the treatment of choice to decompress the neural structures.
Pallini
Roberto
R
Institute of Neurosurgery, Catholic University School of Medicine, Rome, Italy.
Liverana
Lauretti
L
Maria
Larocca Luigi
LL
Cesare
Colosimo
C
Eduardo
Fernandez
F
Babu
Ramesh
R
D016723:Bone Remodeling / Q000502:physiology; D019299:Decompression, Surgical; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005539:Foramen Magnum / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006104:Granuloma, Plasma Cell / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D009777:Occipital Bone / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D019291:Skull Base / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed