Patients and imaging procedures
2525 patients for whom cervical Multislice Computed Tomography (MSCT) was performed due to head and neck pain, various neurological complaints, trauma, etc. between 2010 and 2018 were evaluated for segmentation and fusion anomalies of odontoid process in the CVJ region. Patients with coexisting pathologies such as subluxation, dislocation, compression to the spinal cord, and myelomalacia (MM) were included in the study as well. Toshiba Aquilon 64 MDCT device was used for the imaging studies. An additional 1.5 Tesla MRI (Achieva, Philips, Best, The Netherlands) was performed for the 12 patients with os odontoideum. Radiological evaluation was performed on the workstation by an experienced radiologist.
Ethical approval was obtained from Mustafa Kemal University Ethical council (Approval no: 04, dated 03.12.2020).