Agenesia congénita del pedículo en una vértebra cervical. Hallazgo casual en pacientes con cervicalgia. Diagnóstico de certeza mediante TC espiral

Autor: M. Reus-Pintado, M.D. Morales-Cano, V. Climent-Oltra, M. Martínez Pérez, V. Vázquez-Saez
Rok vydání: 2004
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Zdroj: Neurocirugía. 15:476-479
ISSN: 1130-1473
Popis: Congenital absence of a cervical pedicle is usually an incidental finding in radiological studies made after trauma in patients with cervical pain. We report the case of a patient with congenital absence of the right pedicle in a cervical vertebra. Recognition of this anomaly is important to avoid confusion with more clinically significant anomalies, such as unilateral facet dislocation, that may result in inappropriate surgical intervention.
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