title: [Occipitocervical junction: Aanatomy, craniometry and pathology].
abstract: The occipitocervical junction comprises of the occiput condyles, the atlas, and the axis. The radiological evaluation of this region is supported by craniometric measurement methods which are based on predefined anatomical landmarks. The main pathologies of the occipitocervical junction are traumatic injuries, congenital anomalies or normal variants, infections, arthropathies, and tumors. In this article, the anatomy of the occipitocervical junction as well as the most important craniometric measurement methods are explained. Moreover various pathologies and similar appearing normal variants are presented.
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinik für Radiologie und Nuklearmedizin, Währingergürtel 18-20, 1090, Wien, Österreich. julia.furtner@meduniwien.ac.at.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Furtner
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinik für Radiologie und Nuklearmedizin, Währingergürtel 18-20, 1090, Wien, Österreich.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Woitek
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinik für Radiologie und Nuklearmedizin, Währingergürtel 18-20, 1090, Wien, Österreich.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Asenbaum
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinik für Radiologie und Nuklearmedizin, Währingergürtel 18-20, 1090, Wien, Österreich.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Prayer
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinik für Radiologie und Nuklearmedizin, Währingergürtel 18-20, 1090, Wien, Österreich.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schueller-Weidekamm
mesh_terms: D001268:Atlanto-Axial Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000293:injuries* / Q000473:pathology; D001269:Atlanto-Occipital Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000293:injuries* / Q000473:pathology; D002508:Cephalometry / Q000379:methods; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D009421:Nervous System Malformations / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology
keywords: Atlas; Axis; Basilar impression; Occipital condyle; Occipitocervical junction