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Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 1933;15:988-989.
© 1933 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc

CONGENITAL ABSENCE OF THE ODONTOID PROCESS RESULTING IN DISLOCATION OF THE ATLAS ON THE AXIS

SUMNER MEADE ROBERTS M.D.

An unusual congenital abnormality, absence of the odontoid process, is described. This deformity resulted in a backward dislocation of the atlas on the axis. The dislocation was reduced, but, without a stabilizing operation, it may readily recur and such a recurrence may conceivably be fatal.


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