Sakamoto Kimiya, Uchikado Hisaaki, Hanada Hayatsura, Inoue Ritsuro, Nii Kouhei, Higashi Toshio
Department of Neurosurgery, Fukuoka University Chikushi Hospital.
Department of Neurosurgery, Uchikado Neuro-Spine Clinic, Fukuoka, Japan.
Surg Neurol Int. 2022 Oct 21;13:480. doi: 10.25259/SNI_891_2022. eCollection 2022.
Patients with both nonrheumatoid retro-odontoid pseudotumors (ROPTs) and congenital craniocervical junction (CCJ) abnormalities are rare. Here, a 73-year-old female presented with neck pain and myelopathy due to MR-documented ROPT with intramedullary hyperintensity at the CCJ warranting an occipital-cervical fusion.
A 73-year-old female originally developed occipitalgia and became quadriparetic within the subsequent 7 months. The cervical MR showed a ROPT with intramedullary hyperintensity at the CCJ. Further, the CT demonstrated C1 occipitalization and a congenital C2-3 fusion without radiological instability. After she underwent an occipito-C2 fusion, her symptoms improved.
For patients with C1 occipitalization and a Klippel-Feil syndrome, ROPT may occur due to loading of C1-2 complex. These patients typically favorably respond to occipito-C2 fusion.
同时患有非类风湿性齿状突后假瘤(ROPT)和先天性颅颈交界区(CCJ)异常的患者较为罕见。在此,一名73岁女性因磁共振成像(MR)证实的ROPT且CCJ处髓内高信号而出现颈部疼痛和脊髓病,需要进行枕颈融合术。
一名73岁女性最初出现枕部疼痛,并在随后7个月内发展为四肢瘫。颈椎MR显示CCJ处有一个伴有髓内高信号的ROPT。此外,CT显示C1枕化和先天性C2-3融合,无影像学不稳定。她接受枕颈2融合术后,症状有所改善。
对于C1枕化和Klippel-Feil综合征患者,ROPT可能因C1-2复合体负荷而发生。这些患者通常对枕颈2融合术反应良好。