Widening of the cervical intervertebral foramen
โ Scribed by D. H. Schimmel; T. H. Newton; J. Mani
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1976
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 655 KB
- Volume
- 12
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0028-3940
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โฆ Synopsis
Case reports of seven patients in whom unusual abnormalities caused widening of the cervical intervertebral foramen are presented. Plain roentgenographic and tomographic changes may be quite distinctive, especially in a patient with an absent pedicle or a tortuous vertebral artery. However, angiography has proved to be a useful adjunct to determine the etiology in many of these lesions.
๐ SIMILAR VOLUMES
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the individual variations of the foramen transversarium of the seventh cervical vertebra. This foramen sometimes has the same dimensions as the foramina of the other cervical vertebrae, but it can also be smaller, or absent. In cases where a foramen is prese