Processus occipito-vertebralis: а rare suboccipital abnormality with different clinical signs

Abstract

The paper presents three cases of similar pediatric bony abnormality at the craniovertebral junction accompanied by torti- collis and ischemic brain attacks. Two patients were operated on, and the outcomes are analyzed. Type of Publication: case series study. Level of Evidence – IV.

Keywords

• torticollis
• osteal torticollis
• proatlas
• atlantooccipital bone
• cervical spine abnormalities
• surgical treatment
• neck
• cranio-vertebral abnormalities