Abstract

ROIG FABRE, Esteban; GONZALEZ VALCARCEL, Ivón  and  COREA, Juan C. Malformación de odontoides descompensada por trauma cervical: Reporte de 1 caso. Rev Cubana Cir [online]. 2003, vol.42, n.2, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1561-2945.

Among the congenital malformations of the craniospinal junction, those produced by anomalies of the odontoid apophysis of the axis, which may cause neurological manifestations as a result of compression of the bulbomedullary junction, are described. A case of anterior bulbomedullary compression provoked by an exhuberant congenital odontoid apophysis that becomes symptomatic because of a trauma is presented in this paper. A review of the surgical technique used as well as of the relevant medical literature is made

Keywords : MANIFESTACIONES NEUROLOGICAS; AXIS [anomalías]; COMPRESION DE LA MEDULA ESPINAL/ [cirugía].