A surgical case of C1 arch stenosis: A case report and review of literature

BACKGROUND: Isolated symptomatic cervical stenosis of the atlas is quite rare; there have been 11 cases reported in literature. CASE DESCRIPTION: A 76-year-old male presented with myelopathy attributed to C1 arch stenosis. Neuroimaging studies revealed posterior atlas compression of the spinal cord....

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Autor principal: Yunoki, Masatoshi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Scientific Scholar 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7982106/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33767875
http://dx.doi.org/10.25259/SNI_822_2019
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description BACKGROUND: Isolated symptomatic cervical stenosis of the atlas is quite rare; there have been 11 cases reported in literature. CASE DESCRIPTION: A 76-year-old male presented with myelopathy attributed to C1 arch stenosis. Neuroimaging studies revealed posterior atlas compression of the spinal cord. Following a cervical laminectomy involving excision of the arch of the atlas, and the patient’s symptoms resolved. CONCLUSION: C1 stenosis resulting in cervical myelopathy due to posterior compression from the arch of the atlas is easily missed. Notably, C1 arch laminectomy may be very effective in resolving this entity.
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spelling pubmed-79821062021-03-24 A surgical case of C1 arch stenosis: A case report and review of literature Yunoki, Masatoshi Surg Neurol Int Case Report BACKGROUND: Isolated symptomatic cervical stenosis of the atlas is quite rare; there have been 11 cases reported in literature. CASE DESCRIPTION: A 76-year-old male presented with myelopathy attributed to C1 arch stenosis. Neuroimaging studies revealed posterior atlas compression of the spinal cord. Following a cervical laminectomy involving excision of the arch of the atlas, and the patient’s symptoms resolved. CONCLUSION: C1 stenosis resulting in cervical myelopathy due to posterior compression from the arch of the atlas is easily missed. Notably, C1 arch laminectomy may be very effective in resolving this entity. Scientific Scholar 2021-02-23 /pmc/articles/PMC7982106/ /pubmed/33767875 http://dx.doi.org/10.25259/SNI_822_2019 Text en Copyright: © 2020 Surgical Neurology International http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-Share Alike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7982106/
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