Congenital Absence of a Cervical Spine Pedicle : Report of Two Cases and Review of the Literature |
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| Authors: | Young-Min Oh and Jong-Pil Eun |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Neurosurgery, Research Institute for Clinical Medicine, Chonbuk National University Medical School/Hospital, Jeonju, Korea. |
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| Abstract: | Congenital absence of a cervical spine pedicle is a rare clinical entity, and it is usually found incidentally on radiological studies performed after trauma in patients with cervical pain. We report two cases of congenital absence of a cervical spine pedicle and present a review of the literature. |
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| Keywords: | Congenital defects Cervical vertebrae Radiography |
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