Chordoma of the atlas

Wu, K.K.; Mitchell, D.C.; Guise, E.R.

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. American Volume 61(1): 140-141

1979


ISSN/ISBN: 0021-9355
PMID: 759425
Document Number: 153561
A 63 yr old woman is presented with a rare neoplastic subtotal lysis of the 1st and 2nd cervical vertebrae following trauma. Diagnosis is confirmed by roentgenological examination and transoral histopathological biopsy. An occipitocervical fusion is considered indispensable for sustaining life during a 5 yr follow-up period.

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