Basilar Invagination and Congenital Assimilation (CT)

Basilar Invagination and Congenital Assimilation (CT)

In this coronal view of a CT scan, C1 is fused to the skull base (congenitally). The odontoid process (indicated by arrow) extends into the skull base (basilar invagination).

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