[Bipartite atlas]

Rev Chir Orthop Reparatrice Appar Mot. 1982;68(7):471-4.
[Article in French]

Abstract

A case is described of a child aged twelve with rib abnormalities, a Klippel-Feil syndrome and a complete fusion between C2 and C7. The atlas showed abnormal ossification of the anterior and posterior arches. No similar description has been found in the literature. A posterior spine fusion between C1 and C2 was performed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Cervical Atlas / abnormalities*
  • Cervical Atlas / diagnostic imaging
  • Cervical Vertebrae / abnormalities*
  • Cervical Vertebrae / diagnostic imaging
  • Cervical Vertebrae / surgery
  • Child
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Klippel-Feil Syndrome / complications*
  • Klippel-Feil Syndrome / diagnostic imaging
  • Radiography
  • Spinal Fusion