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17457024

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-4-25
pubmed:abstractText
A 61-year-old woman without rheumatoid arthritis (RA) was admitted with atlantoaxial dislocation (AAD) and a retroodontoid mass at the craniovertebral junction manifesting as a 1-year history of numbness and mild weakness of the right upper extremity. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance (MR) imaging showed AAD and a mass at the craniovertebral junction. She had no past history of RA or trauma in the head and neck. She underwent surgery to obtain the histological diagnosis of the mass and to improve AAD-induced instability. The lesion was approached through the right transcondylar fossa approach with C-1 laminectomy. Intraoperative pathological examination showed cicatrizing collagen fibers and no obvious tumor cells. After partial removal of the lesion, the AAD was fixed with the posterior approach. The symptoms subsided soon after surgery and the mass decreased on MR images taken 3 months after surgery. If a pseudotumor is suspected based on the preoperative radiological investigation in a non-RA patient with AAD and the symptoms are not progressive, stabilization can be expected to induce spontaneous regression without urgent direct excision of the mass.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0470-8105
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
47
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
182-5
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Atlantoaxial dislocation associated with a mass in the extradural craniovertebral junction unrelated to rheumatoid arthritis. Case report.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurosurgery, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Nagano, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports