World Neurosurg 2022 May 5. Epub 2022 May 5.
SUNY Upstate Medical University, Department of Neurosurgery, 750 East Adams Street, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA; University of North Carolina, Department of Neurosurgery (current institution), Physicians Office Building, 170 Manning Drive, Campus Box 7060, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
Retro-odontoid pseudotumors are rare inflammatory complications of atlantoaxial instability often associated with cervical degenerative disease and rheumatoid arthritis. While propagation of these lesions has been shown to cause spinal cord compression and cervical myelopathy, intradural extension has rarely been reported. In this manuscript and two-dimensional illustrative intra-operative video, we demonstrate cervical decompression, removal of the intradural component, and stabilization with C1-2 instrumentation utilizing a posterior approach. Read More