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Child of 9 presents with brain damage and severe pressure in upper cervical spine. NB C1 post. arch hard up against Occ.

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Post X ray better but plagued by processor artefacts.

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Amazing text-book restoration with good spacing of C1 post. arch and Occ. Triumph via atlas adjustment only.

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some spinous processes missing there, and pedicles

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very pleasant female in her 80s was discovered to have a mass near the spine, consuming some of the vertebrae

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inoperable, but massive doses of radiation resorbed the mass

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close up MRI

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How is that for an anterior osteophyte on C6/7?

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How's this for anterior osteophyte's? Yes the middle aged female had occasional trouble swallowing.

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Parkinson's case pre and post x ray a year later. Obvious head tilt fixed.

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female 63yrs with severe constant pain...can you spot the RARE fusion? See next slide...

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close up of L lateral C1 fused to C2

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flexion

george's line intact, then look at the extension view

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there is a step at C4/5 showing ligament laxity. Radiographer reported "normal".

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atlas arch

posterior arch non united on inferior projected border where it meets the lateral mass

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same atlas with opacity on left indicating stable but un-united post. arch