Head and Neck Imaging - Case Report

Extensive craniocervical bone pneumatization

10.4261/1305-3825.DIR.4299-11.2

  • Bernhard Petritsch
  • Jan Peter Goltz
  • Dietbert Hahn
  • Frank Wendel

Received Date: 13.02.2011 Accepted Date: 10.05.2011 Diagn Interv Radiol 2011;17(4):308-310

We report a case of extensive abnormal craniocervical bone pneumatization accidentally found in a patient without any history of trauma or surgery. The patient had only mild unspecific thoracic pain and bilateral paresthesia that did not correlate with computed tomography findings.

Keywords: bone , skull , cervical vertebrae pneumatization