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Document Type
:
Article In Journal
Document Title
:
Fibrous dysplasia of the atlas
Fibrous dysplasia of the atlas
Subject
:
Neurosurgery
Document Language
:
English
Abstract
:
Fibrous dysplasia (FD) is a localized, benign progressive replacement of bones by a fibrous proliferation intermixed with poorly formed trabeculae of woven bone. Polyostotic FD commonly involves the femur, skull, tibia, humerus, ribs, fibula, radius and ulna, mandible, vertebrae, and other bones. The vertebral involvement accounts for only 2.5% of cases. On literature review, we found only 27 reported cases involving the cervical spine, and most of these cases presented with pain syndrome or radiculopathy in the sub-axial vertebrae. The aim of this article is to present a case of FD involving the atlas that presented with myelopathy
ISSN
:
1319-6138
Journal Name
:
Neurosciences
Volume
:
16
Issue Number
:
1
Publishing Year
:
1432 AH
2011 AD
Article Type
:
Article
Added Date
:
Saturday, March 19, 2011
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محمد بنقش
Bangash, Mohammed
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Doctorate
رنا بخاري
Bokhary, Rana
Researcher
Doctorate
سها العمر
Al-Omar, Soha
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صالح باعيسى
Baeesa, Saleh
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Doctorate
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