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basilar invagination (medicine)


basilar invagination
<radiology> Dens projects into base of skull, McGregor's line greater than 4.5 mm, Chamberlain's line greater than 3 mm, may lead to obstructive hydrocephalus aetiology: primary anomalies of occiput, atlas, axis, softened bone: rickets / osteomalacia, Paget's disease, fibrous dysplasia, dysostoses: OI, achondroplasia, cleidocranial dysostosis Cf: platybasia