Platybasia
Platybasia is a spinal disease of a malformed relationship between the occipital bone and cervical spine.
| Platybasia | |
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| Specialty | Neurosurgical, orthopedic |
It may be caused by Paget's disease. Platybasia is also a feature of Gorlin-Goltz syndrome, commonly known as basal cell nevus syndrome.
Further reading
- Pearce JM (2007). "Platybasia and basilar invagination". Eur. Neurol. 58 (1): 62–4. doi:10.1159/000102172. PMID 17483591.
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