title: Image-guided transoral biopsy in a boy with Grisel's syndrome.
abstract: Grisel's syndrome is a disease characterized by an atlanto-axial rotatory subluxation following acute inflammation of the upper respiratory tract. The syndrome has a good prognosis as it usually heals with antibiotics, despite the delayed serious complications that have been reported. When neuroradiological investigation does not allow an accurate differential diagnosis between a tumor and osteomyelitis, an image-guided transoral biopsy is a safe, fast, minimally invasive, as well as effective, procedure.
authors: Neurosurgery, Department of Health Sciences, University of L'Aquila, Piazza Salvatore Tommasi, Coppito, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy. dicolafran@gmail.com
authors: Francesco
authors: F
authors: Di Cola
authors: Tommaso
authors: T
authors: Cutilli
authors: Danilo De
authors: DD
authors: Paulis
authors: Renato J
authors: RJ
authors: Galzio
mesh_terms: D001268:Atlanto-Axial Joint / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D061705:Image-Guided Biopsy / Q000379:methods; D007249:Inflammation / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D007592:Joint Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed