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  • Title: Occipitocondylar hyperplasia: an unusual craniovertebral junction anomaly causing myelopathy. Case report.
    Author: Ohaegbulam C, Woodard EJ, Proctor M.
    Journal: J Neurosurg; 2005 Oct; 103(4 Suppl):379-81. PubMed ID: 16270692.
    Abstract:
    The authors of this brief case report describe a previously unreported developmental variant of the craniovertebral junction. A 10-year-old girl who presented with cervical myelopathy was found to have cervicomedullary compression by hypertrophic occipital condyles. Decompression was achieved via a midline dorsal approach with no complications. The embryology of this area is briefly reviewed to attempt to explain the origin of this anomaly.
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