Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 1965;47:1231-1236.
© 1965 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc
Acquired Absence of the Odontoid Process
A CASE REPORT
ROBERT H. FREIBERGER M.D.1,
PHILIP D. WILSON JR. M.D.1, and
JAMES A. NICHOLAS M.D.1
1 From the Hospital for Special Surgery Affiliated with the New York Hospital-Cornell University Medical College, New York
A case is presented of acquired absence of the odontoid process in a child, two and one-half years old, occurring most probably as the result of an ununited fracture. The roentgenographic findings were similar to those reported with congenital absence of the odontoid process.