Myelopathy due to hypoplasia of the atlas: a case report

K Yamashita, Y Aoki, K Hiroshima - Clinical Orthopaedics and …, 1997 - journals.lww.com
The authors report a 73-year-old woman who had spinal cord compression develop
because of hypoplasia of the atlas associated with a retroodontoid pseudotumor diagnosed …

Atlas Hypoplasia Associated With Non-traumatic Retro-odontoid Mass—Case Report—

K Sato, T Kubota, H Takeuchi… - Neurologia medico …, 2006 - jstage.jst.go.jp
A 38-year-old man presented with progressive cervical myelopathy due to atlas hypoplasia
associated with non-traumatic retro-odontoid mass. The neuroimaging findings suggested …

Retro-odontoid pseudotumor without atlantoaxial subluxation

S Tanaka, M Nakada, Y Hayashi, M Mohri… - Journal of Clinical …, 2010 - Elsevier
A retro-odontoid pseudotumor (ROP) is commonly associated with atlantoaxial subluxation
(AAS). Here, we report a patient with ROP but without AAS. The patient was a 72-year-old …

Cervical myelopathy caused by atlantoaxial instability in a patient with an os odontoideum and total aplasia of the posterior arch of the atlas: a case report

T Ogata, T Morino, M Hino, H Miura - Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2012 - Springer
Introduction Congenital hypoplasia of the atlas has rarely been reported. Myelopathy
caused by the complete absence of the posterior arch of the atlas has not been reported …

Radiographic analysis of the cervical spine in patients with retro-odontoid pseudotumors

H Chikuda, A Seichi, K Takeshita, N Shoda, T Ono… - Spine, 2009 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. A retrospective review of 10 consecutive patients with a noninflammatory retro-
odontoid pseudotumor. Objective. To examine the radiographic characteristics in patients …

A rare cause of cervical spinal stenosis: posterior arch hypoplasia in a bipartite atlas

C Atasoy, S Fitoz, B Karan, I Erden, S Akyar - Neuroradiology, 2002 - Springer
We describe CT and MRI of a previously unreported combination of atlantoaxial anomalies
consisting of posterior arch hypoplasia in a bipartite atlas with an os odontoideum, in a 30 …

Remarkable reduction or disappearance of retroodontoid pseudotumors after occipitocervical fusion: report of three cases

I Yamaguchi, S Shibuya, N Arima, S Oka… - … of Neurosurgery: Spine, 2006 - thejns.org
✓ Retroodontoid or periodontoid pseudotumor unassociated with rheumatoid arthritis or
hemodialysis is clinically rare. The authors report three cases of retroodontoid pseudotumor …

Development of a retro-odontoid pseudotumor in the absence of atlantoaxial instability or rheumatoid arthritis post-laminoplasty: case report

AA Alomari, H Shigematsu, M Tanaka… - British Journal of …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
A retro-odontoid pseudotumor (ROP) is commonly associated with atlantoaxial instability
(AAI) or rheumatoid arthritis (RA). However, we describe a patient with ROP in the absence …

Retroodontoid pseudotumor related to development of myelopathy secondary to atlantoaxial instability on os odontoideum

M Hamard, SP Martin… - Case reports in …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Retroodontoid pseudotumor (ROP) is a nonneoplasic lesion of unknown etiology, commonly
associated with inflammatory conditions, and the term of pannus is usually used. Less …

Cervical Myelopathy Caused by Atlas Osteochondroma and Pseudoarthrosis Between the Osteochondroma and Lamina of the Axis—Case Report—

N Miyakoshi, M Hongo, Y Kasukawa… - Neurologia medico …, 2010 - jstage.jst.go.jp
A 58-year-old man presented with a 6-month history of progressive cervical myelopathy.
Magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography of the cervical spine revealed a …