Foramen magnum
Foramen Magnum Orientation and Its Association with Cervical Lordosis: A Model for Reconstructing Cervical Curvature in Archeological and Extinct Hominin Specimens
... the foramen magnum to the true horizontal plane (FM-HP) and the orientation of the foramen magnum to the palatine bone plane (FM-PP, r = ...
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Suitability of foramen magnum measurements in sex determination and their clinical significance
... The foramen magnum provides a transition between fossa cranii posterior and canalis ...the foramen magnum on computed tomography (CT) and to determine the feasibility of sex determination ...
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Hydrocephalus after foramen magnum decompression for Chiari I malformation successfully treated with the aspiration of pseudomeningocele: a case report
... A 54-year-old Japanese woman presented to our hospital with a 10-month history of bilateral finger extension weakness and clumsiness. The chief complaint at her first visit was bilateral ulnar side numbness of her fore- ...
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Cord cross-sectional area at foramen magnum as a correlate of disability in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
... the foramen magnum (foramen magnum cord area [FMCA]) instead of at the usual C2-C3 level and validated it as a surrogate marker in multiple sclerosis ...the foramen magnum ...
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Chiari type I malformation with high foramen magnum anomaly
... A 14-year-old male with a neck pain and hypoesthesia in the upper extremities was diagnosed with Chiari type I malformation (CMI) and syringomyelia. The posterior part of the occipital bone was removed via ...
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Upward displacement of the odontoid process into the foramen magnum: a palaeopathological case
... The osteological study of T2C reveals two major findings. The first is the upward bulging of the dens into the foramen magnum; the second is the back- ward inclination of the dens. These features coexist ...
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Benign Enhancing Foramen Magnum Lesions: Clinical Report of a Newly Recognized Entity
... extramedullary foramen magnum enhancing lesions may be due to meningioma, nerve sheath tumor, aneurysm, or meningeal ...the foramen magnum that simulates ...
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The efficacy of resection of an intradural extramedullary foramen magnum cavernous malformation presenting with repeated subarachnoid hemorrhage: a case report
... low-pressure lesions [12]. In this case, we propose that the lesions’ physical characteristics and its location were contributing factors to inducing hemorrhaging. Opera- tive and histopathological findings confirmed ...
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Peak Systolic and Diastolic CSF Velocity in the Foramen Magnum in Adult Patients with Chiari I Malformations and in Normal Control Participants
... A consecutive series of patients evaluated in a neurosurgical specialty clinic between 1999 and 2001 were included in the study. All patients had neurologic symptoms and signs refer- able to Chiari I malformation (14). ...
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Sex determination from the skull based on foramen magnum measurements: A Regional study in Chennai, Tamilnadu
... The Foramen Magnum provides a wide communication between the posterior cranial fossa and the vertebral ...the foramen on each side of the medulla ...the foramen gives attachment to the ...
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Morphometric Study of Human Adult Occipital Condyle, Hypoglossal Canal and Foramen Magnum in Dry Skull of Modern Egyptians
... and foramen magnum (FM) for safety transcondylar surgical approach, and to compare the Egyptian skull measurements with that of the other ...ovoid foramen magnum as the foramen ...
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Morphometric Analysis of Foramen Magnum in Gender Determination: A Radiographic Study
... the skull base has been analyzed with varying results and levels of success. The foramen magnum (FM) is the largest opening in the skull base, and it is oval, wider behind with greatest diameter being ...
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“Morphometric Analysis of the Foramen Magnum and the Occipital condyles” by Sanjukta Sahoo, Sanjay Kumar Giri, Sitansu K. Panda, Priyambada Panda, Mahesh Chandra Sahu, Chinmayee Mohapatra, India.
... of foramen magnum is ...base. Foramen magnum is small in all individuals with ...synchondrosios. Foramen magnum index ...
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Morphological Analysis and Morphometric Study of the Foramen Magnum
... An effort was made to assess the foramen magnum, occipital condyles and hypoglossal canals morphometrically through this study. Advances in skull base approaches have improved the surgical exposure in skull ...
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TUMOURS IN THE REGION OF FORAMEN MAGNUM
... Sensory loss is usually more prominent in upper limbs than in lower limbs. Hypalgesia of the C-2 region when present may be diagnostic of the foramen magnum tumours. Patterns of sensory deficit in ...
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Foramen magnum, occipital condyles and hypoglossal canals morphometry: anatomical study with clinical implications
... the foramen magnum (FM), the anterolateral located occipital condyles (OCs) and the hypoglossal canals (HCs) situated anterior to the OCs and inferomedially to the lower border of the jugular ...
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Morphology of the foramen magnum in young Eastern-European adults
... proper foramen magnum as well as the entire surrounded hard (atlas, dens of axis) and soft elements (ligaments, membranes) into ventral and dorsal parts that comprise 2 functional ...the foramen ...
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Foramen magnum decompression and arthrodesis in a septic, neuropathic elbow: A case report
... and foramen magnum decompression may be considered to effectively treat the delayed and complicated presentations of neuropathic arthropathy of elbow secondary to Chiari malformation and cervical ...
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Physiology Based MR Imaging Assessment of CSF Flow at the Foramen Magnum with a Valsalva Maneuver
... For PBI, the pencil beam was positioned along the cervical spinal canal extending from just above the level of the foramen magnum to the C2–3 disk level (Fig 2). Serial PBI scans were continuously acquired ...
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Multiplanar metrizamide enhanced CT imaging of the foramen magnum
... Reformations were assessed in each case to determine the size of the foramen magnum, th e contour of the cord and brainstem, the position of the cerebellar tonsils, and th e presence of [r] ...
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