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Spinal ve Periferik Sinir Cerrahisi Bülteni
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Spinal ve Periferik Sinir Cerrahisi Bülteni

Spinal ve Periferik Sinir Cerrahisi Bülteni

2021, Sayı 93, No, 4     (Sayfalar: 012-020)

Craniocervical Junction Radiology

Dr. Hakan ÇAKIN 1

1 Akdeniz Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Nöroşirürji Ana Bilim Dalı, Antalya

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The craniocervical junction contains occipital bone, clivus, foramen magnum, Atlas, Axis and also the ligaments that connect them all. Radiological examination methods such as direct radiography, computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, doppler ultrasonography are used to understand and detect the anatomy and pathologies of the region. Direct radiography is the first used and well known radiological technique. It is practical, cheap and easily accessible. Computed tomography gives detailed information about bone structures. Bone anatomy, joint structure, vertebral alignment, disc structure, spinal canal and bone relationship, congenital abnormalities, epidural or subdural hemorrhages can be examined in detail and in more than one different plane. Magnetic resonance imaging shows soft tissues, ligaments, muscle and connective tissue, disc structures, neural elements, medullospinalis, cerebellum, cerebrospinal fluid flow and cervicomedullar junction. With the contributions of the developing technology to modern medicine, we will reach more detailed and easyto- use imaging methods in the future.

Anahtar Kelimeler : Cranicervical junction, Radiology, X-Ray, Computerized tomography, Magnetic resonans imaging