title: [Suboccipital tuberculosis: the clinical and radiation and potentialities of current surgical treatment].
abstract: The clinical and radiological manifestations of suboccipital tuberculosis have been analyzed in 7 patients aged 7 to 35 years. A case of this condition accompanied by extensive vertebral destruction, abscesses, and basilar impression is described in a 7.5-year-old child. A radical stabilizing operation was successfully performed using the currently available technologies.
authors.forename: A Iu
authors.initials: AIu
authors.lastname: Mushkin
authors.forename: N A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Sovetova
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Alatortsev
authors.forename: V P
authors.initials: VP
authors.lastname: Snishchuk
authors.forename: A Z
authors.initials: AZ
authors.lastname: Nekachalova
authors.forename: K N
authors.initials: KN
authors.lastname: Kovalenko
authors.forename: V G
authors.initials: VG
authors.lastname: Avdeeva
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002648:Child; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D010985:Platybasia / Q000150:complications*; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014388:Tuberculosis, Lymph Node / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D014399:Tuberculosis, Spinal / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents