A Case Report on Multiple Developmental Craniovertebral Junction Anomalies Associated with Fusion of the Third and Fourth Cervical Vertebrae | Chapter 2 | Advanced Concepts in Medicine and Medical Research Vol. 9

This division discusses multiple enlightening craniovertebral junction abnormalites associated with fusion of the after second and fourth cervical vertebral column. Craniovertebral junction (CVJ) is formed apiece occipital condyles of the skull, chart of geographic area (C1), and axis (C2). CVJ anomalies are a complex group of disorders accompanying a variable course and difficult line of management. A cross-sectional depict is indispensable for the judgment of CVJ as it may unmask pathologies unknown by clinical judgment and conventional radiography. A 25-year-traditional male patient presented accompanying complaints of low- grade narrow connector pain, weakness of two together the lower limbs, and fecal debauchery. According to the patient, the manifestations began at the age of 13 years and had advanced gradually, for fear that, now, he was bedridden for 6 months. The diversified developmental CVJ abnormalites include fusion defects of prior and posterior arches of C1, os odontoideum, atlantoaxial subluxation (with condensation of the cervical cord at the cervicomedullary junction), and mixture of C3 and C4 vertebral bodies in addition to posterior elements.

Author(s) Details:

Himanshu Mishra,
Department of Radiology, Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna, Bihar, India.

Amit Kumar,
Department of Radiology, Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna, Bihar, India.

Hitnarayan Prasad,
Department of Radiology, Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna, Bihar, India.

Sanjay Kumar Suman,
Department of Radiology, Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna, Bihar, India.

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