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Congenital Absence of a Cervical Spine Pedicle : Report of Two Cases and Review of the Literature

  • Oh, Young-Min (Department of Neurosurgery, Research Institute for Clinical Medicine, Chonbuk National University Medical School/Hospital) ;
  • Eun, Jong-Pil (Department of Neurosurgery, Research Institute for Clinical Medicine, Chonbuk National University Medical School/Hospital)
  • Published : 2008.12.31
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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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