Occipital bone thickness: Implications on occipital-cervical fusion. A cadaveric study [PDF]
Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, 2016 Objective: The aim of this study was to create a map of the occipital bone using a cadaveric morphometric analysis. Material: Twelve heads, from seven male and five female cadavers, were studied.
Kourosh Zarghooni +5 more
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Osteoblastoma in the occipital bone: A case report of a rare tumor in the calvarium [PDF]
Radiology Case Reports, 2020 Osteoblastomas infrequently occur in the calvarium, displaying a preference for temporal and frontal bones when it does. We present an unusual case of a large, expansile osteoblastoma in the occipital bone of a 23-year-old man who presented with a ...
Lukas M Trunz +2 more
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MRI-based quantification of primary ossification centers in the lateral and basilar parts of the human fetal occipital bone [PDF]
BMC Medical ImagingBackground The ossification of the occipital bone begins in the basilar part and progresses anteriorly, which is vital for the normal development of both the cranial and facial skeleton.
Qinyi Han +8 more
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Frontiers in Surgery, 2023 BackgroundStructural autografts harvested from the iliac bone have been used in atlantoaxial fusion; they have been the gold standard for years. However, emerging occipital bone grafts have the advantage of avoiding donor-site morbidity and complications.
Qiu-Qi Zhang, Hai-Tao Liu
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Desmoplastic fibroma of the occipital bone in adult female: A case report
Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery: Advanced Techniques and Case Management, 2021 Desmoplastic fibroma is a primary locally aggressive bone tumor which is exceedingly rare in the cranial bones. We report the first case of occipital bone desmoplastic fibroma.
Mahmoud M Taha, Tarek H Abdelbary
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Occipital Bone Erosion Following C1–2 Posterior Fixation: A Comparative Per-Screw Analysis of Tan versus Harms-Goel Techniques [PDF]
NeurospineObjective To investigate the relationship between C1 screw trajectory and occipital bone erosion in C1–2 posterior fixation. Methods This retrospective cohort study analyzed 27 patients (54 screws) who underwent C1–2 posterior fixation between March 2018
Shigeo Ueda +8 more
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Complete resection of a giant epidermoid cyst of the occipital bone: case report and systematic review [PDF]
CNS OncologyEpidermoid cysts are uncommon accounting for less than 1% of all intracranial tumors. Among them, giant intradiploic epidermoid cysts of the posterior fossa i.e. those exceeding 5 cm are an even rarer entity. Here we report on the complete resection of a
Ishwarya Nair +3 more
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Protuberant fibro-osseous lesion (“Bullough bump”) presenting as a large occipital mass in a patient with cervical spinal stenosis [PDF]
Radiology Case ReportsWe report the case of a 67-year-old woman with a history of cervical spinal stenosis who presented with a progressively enlarging occipital mass. Imaging demonstrated a large exophytic lesion arising from the left occipital bone with inferior extension ...
Abdullah Alnaqib, BS +5 more
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Ewing’s Sarcoma Multifocal Metastases to Temporal and Occipital Bone: A Rare Presentation [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2015 Ewing’s sarcoma (ES) is a common malignant bone tumour seen to involve long bones, flat pelvic bones and ribs and vertebrae in majority of cases.
Kanika Rana +4 more
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Incidence of Inca Bones among Dry Human Skull Bones: A Study in the Medical Colleges of a District in Southern India [PDF]
International Journal of Anatomy Radiology and Surgery, 2020 Introduction: The occipital bone in the human skull consists of two parts -supraoccipital and interparietal part. Sometimes the interparietal portion of the occipital bone remains separated from the supraoccipital part by a transverse suture, resulting ...
Anusha Donapudi, Borra Vijayanirmala
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