Robertson S, Pinstein M L, LaVelle D G
University of Tennessee, Memphis, Department of Radiology 38163.
Orthopedics. 1987 Nov;10(11):1545-7.
Non-traumatic atlantoaxial subluxation in an adult due to retropharyngeal abscess has been only sporadically reported. This article presents such a case treated non-surgically, with discussion of clinical presentation, diagnosis, pathogenesis, and treatment. The differential diagnosis of non-traumatic atlantoaxial subluxation is presented for review.