title: Congenital absence of a cervical spine pedicle : report of two cases and review of the literature.
abstract: Congenital absence of a cervical spine pedicle is a rare clinical entity, and it is usually found incidentally on radiological studies performed after trauma in patients with cervical pain. We report two cases of congenital absence of a cervical spine pedicle and present a review of the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Research Institute for Clinical Medicine, Chonbuk National University Medical School/Hospital, Jeonju, Korea.
authors.forename: Young-Min
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Oh
authors.forename: Jong-Pil
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Eun