A case of combined congenital anterior and posterior arch anomaly of C1 vertebra

Onur Levent ULUSOY; Hadi SASANİ; Ayhan MUTLU; Eray DARICI; Mustafa ŞİRVANCI

doi:https://doi.org/10.5472/marumj.299393

Article Details

A case of combined congenital anterior and posterior arch anomaly of C1 vertebra

Authors:

Onur Levent ULUSOY | Hadi SASANİ | Ayhan MUTLU | Eray DARICI | Mustafa ŞİRVANCI

Publisher:

Marmara University

Main Topics:

Diseases

Journal:

Marmara Medical Journal 2017 Vol.30 Issue 1, pp.40-43

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

1/2017

Document Language:

Turkish

Document ID (Org No.):

2000544570

Frequency:

Monthly

eISSN:

1309-9469

pISSN:

1019-1941

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5472/marumj.299393

Abstract:

 


A very rare case of the craniovertebral junction (CVJ) anomaly is

reported owing to its rarity and clinical significance. Computed

tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies

of the cervical spine of a 56 -year-old female patient presented with

head trauma, revealed an anterior midline arch cleft of atlas with

totally aplastic posterior neural arch, as well as anteriorly subluxed

right atlantoaxial joint. The coexistence of a total aplasia of the

posterior neural arch and anterior arch cleft of atlas is very rare.

Congenital anomalies affecting the craniovertebral junction (CVJ)

may mimic traumatic injury in the setting of a previous trauma. In

this presented case, the absence of an associated bone and soft-tissue

edema on the MR imagings helped us to make a differention between

the acute traumatic injury and congenital anomaly

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Article Details

A case of combined congenital anterior and posterior arch anomaly of C1 vertebra

Authors: Onur Levent ULUSOY | Hadi SASANİ | Ayhan MUTLU | Eray DARICI | Mustafa ŞİRVANCI

Publisher: Marmara University

Main Topics: Diseases

Journal: Marmara Medical Journal 2017 Vol.30 Issue 1, pp.40-43

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 1/2017

Document Language: Turkish

Document ID (Org No.): 2000544570

Frequency: Monthly

eISSN: 1309-9469

pISSN: 1019-1941

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5472/marumj.299393

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Authors:

Onur Levent ULUSOY | Hadi SASANİ | Ayhan MUTLU | Eray DARICI | Mustafa ŞİRVANCI

Publisher:

Marmara University

Main Topics:

Diseases

Journal:

Marmara Medical Journal 2017 Vol.30 Issue 1, pp.40-43

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

1/2017

Document Language:

Turkish

Document ID (Org No.):

2000544570

Frequency:

Monthly

eISSN:

1309-9469

pISSN:

1019-1941

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5472/marumj.299393