45 Os Odontoideum
10.1055/b-0034-81422 45 Os OdontoideumGoel, Atul, Shah, Abhidha, Jhawar, Sukhdeep Singh Abnormalities of the odontoid process are relatively rare. Although most of the abnormalities of the odontoid process are congenital in…
34 Atlantoaxial Joint Degenerative Arthritis and Craniovertebral Instability
10.1055/b-0034-81411 34 Atlantoaxial Joint Degenerative Arthritis and Craniovertebral InstabilityGoel, Atul, Shah, Abhidha, Rajan, Sanjay The atlantoaxial joints are the most mobile in the body. The lateral masses of the atlas…
27 Basilar Invagination: Role of Craniovertebral Realignment on the Basis of a New Classification
10.1055/b-0034-81404 27 Basilar Invagination: Role of Craniovertebral Realignment on the Basis of a New ClassificationGoel, Atul In Chapter 26, we discussed the subject of basilar invagi-nation and presented a classification…
39 Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors of the Second Cervical Nerve: Anatomical Correlates and Surgery
10.1055/b-0034-81416 39 Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors of the Second Cervical Nerve: Anatomical Correlates and SurgeryGoel, Atul, Dange, Nitin Peripheral nerve sheath tumors arising from the second cervical nerve root are…
44 Craniovertebral Junction Anomalies Associated with Metabolic and Genetic Disorders
10.1055/b-0034-81421 44 Craniovertebral Junction Anomalies Associated with Metabolic and Genetic DisordersMoorthy, Ranjith K., Rajshekhar, Vedantam Craniovertebral junction (CVJ) anomalies occur in a small percentage of genetic and metabolic disorders usually…
47 Ossified Ligamentum Flavum of the Atlantoaxial Region
10.1055/b-0034-81424 47 Ossified Ligamentum Flavum of the Atlantoaxial RegionGoel, Atul, Nadkarni, Trimurti Ossification of the ligamentum flavum is frequently seen in the lumbar spine and is more often secondary to…
36 Craniovertebral Junction Tuberculosis
10.1055/b-0034-81413 36 Craniovertebral Junction TuberculosisBehari, Sanjay, Singhal, Namit, Nayak, Suresh, Jain, Vijendra K. Spinal tuberculosis (TB) occurs in 1% of patients with tuberculosis and in ∼6% patients with extrapulmonary tuberculosis.1,2…
38 Tumors of the Craniovertebral Junction
10.1055/b-0034-81415 38 Tumors of the Craniovertebral JunctionLi, Gordon, Ryu, Stephen The craniovertebral junction (CVJ) is an anatomical area that extends from the foramen magnum to the atlas and the axis….
46 Anomalies in Posterior Spinal Segments of the Axis
10.1055/b-0034-81423 46 Anomalies in Posterior Spinal Segments of the AxisGoel, Atul, Shah, Abhidha Anomalies of the axis vertebra are common and involve primarily the odontoid process and, relatively less frequently,…
31 Rotatory Atlantoaxial Dislocation
10.1055/b-0034-81408 31 Rotatory Atlantoaxial DislocationShah, Abhidha, Goel, Atul, Maheshwari, Shradha, Figueiredo, Antonio Atlantoaxial dislocations are divided into anterior, posterior, vertical, and rotational types.1–3 Destructive, infective, traumatic, or degenerative involvement of…
