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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-8-4
pubmed:abstractText
An unusually long paracondylar process (PCP) was found articulating with the transverse atlantal process in a dry adult male skull. It was 13 mm long and 19 mm in circumference at its middle and projected to a lower plane than the styloid process of the same side. A radiograph revealed the structure of spongiosa of the PCP to be like mastoid cells. PCP can lead to clinical symptoms due to alterations in posture and functional limitations in neck movements. Thus awareness of this process, its topographical relations and its attendant problems is of importance to clinicians, radiologists, surgeons and chiropractors. In symptomatic cases surgical resection of this process can be attempted to relieve the symptoms. The craniovertebral junction constitutes a unique part of the somite-derived axial skeleton; the lowest part of the basioccipital component including this process develops from occipital sclerotomes. Developmental variations in this region can resemble deformities.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0930-1038
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
26
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
334-7
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Imaging and morphology of the paracondylar process in a dry adult human skull: a case report.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Anatomy, Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi, India. vipul.khera@excite.com
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article