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Atlas hypoplasia as a cause of high cervical myelopathy. Case report
Y Komatsu1, T Shibata, S Yasuda
1Department of Neurosurgery, Kensei General Hospital, Ibaraki, Japan.
Journal of Neurosurgery
|December 1, 1993
Abstract:
A high cervical myelopathy due to atlas hypoplasia is described in a 56-year-old man; the condition caused marked segmental compression of the spinal cord. A remarkable neurological recovery followed decompressive laminectomy of the atlas and adjacent regions. The authors discuss the embryology and etiology of this anomaly.