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Platybasia

Known as: Basilar impression, Platybasia [Disease/Finding], Flattening of the skull base 
A developmental deformity of the occipital bone and upper end of the cervical spine, in which the latter appears to have pushed the floor of the… 
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Arnold Chiari MalformationBasilar invaginationCervical AtlasCongenital failure of fusion

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Review
2016
Review
2016
Basilar Invagination, Basilar Impression, and Platybasia: Clinical and Imaging Aspects
The congenital and acquired deformities of the craniovertebral junction (CVJ), such as basilar invagination, basilar impression… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Evaluation of platybasia with MR imaging.
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Platybasia, or abnormal obtuseness of the basal angle, was first measured on plain skull images. At… 
Review
2005
Review
2005
Craniocervical abnormalities in osteogenesis imperfecta: Genetic and molecular correlation
Basilar impression (BI) assessed by either plain lateral skull radiograph or computerized tomography (CT) sagittal reconstruction… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Basilar impression complicating osteogenesis imperfecta type IV: the clinical and neuroradiological findings in four cases
OBJECTIVES To describe the clinical and neuroradiological features of basilar impression in patients with osteogenesis imperfecta… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Spinal complications in osteogenesis imperfecta: 47 patients 1-16 years of age.
We examined in a cross-sectional study, 47 children (mean age 7.7 (1-16) years) with osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) to find the… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Pathological basis of spinal cord cavitation in syringomyelia: analysis of 105 autopsy cases.
This report summarizes neuropathological, clinical, and general autopsy findings in 105 individuals with nonneoplastic… 
Highly Cited
1968
Highly Cited
1968
Basilar impression and Arnold-Chiari malformation. A study of 66 cases.
We have been interested for a long time in the problem of the deformation of the base of the skull known as basilar impression… 
Highly Cited
1955
Highly Cited
1955
The radiological criteria and familial occurrence of primary basilar impression.
Highly Cited
1948
Highly Cited
1948
The significance of certain measurements of the skull in the diagnosis of basilar impression.
Highly Cited
1939
Highly Cited
1939
Basilar Impression (Platybasia): A Bizarre Developmental Anomaly of the Occipital Bone and Upper Cervical Spine with Striking and Misleading Neurologic Manifestations *
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