Congenital Agenesis of Odonteid Process: A Case Report
10.4055/jkoa.1976.11.2.281
- Author:
Young Min KIM
;
Chung Yong HONG
;
Seong Ho HAN
- Publication Type:Case Report
- MeSH:
Odontoid Process
- From:The Journal of the Korean Orthopaedic Association
1976;11(2):281-285
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
Anomalous development of the odonteid precess is an uncommon clinical occurence that can seriously impair the integrity af the atlantoaxial articulation. Absence of the odontoid process may be either congenital or acquired, but clinically the etiology is of little importance as the clinical signs and symptoms and the treatment are identical in both. We experienced a case of congenital absence of the odontoid process and good result was obtained from the posterior atlantoaxial fusion with hale-cast.
