odontoid

[o-don´toid]

like a tooth.

o·don·toid

(ō-don'toyd),

1. Shaped like a tooth. Synonym(s): dentoid

2. Relating to the toothlike odontoid process of the second cervical vertebra.

[odont- + G. eidos, resemblance]

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odontoid

(ō-dŏn′toid′)

adj.

1. Resembling a tooth.

2. Of or relating to the odontoid process: the odontoid ligaments.

odontoid

adjective
1) Tooth-shaped.
(2) Referring to the odontoid process, see there.

odontoid

Orthopedics adjective

1. Tooth-shaped.

2. Referring to the odontoid process, see there.

o·don·toid

(ō-don'toyd)

1. Shaped like a tooth.

2. Relating to the toothlike odontoid process of the second cervical vertebra.

[odont- + G. eidos, resemblance]

Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012

o·don·toid

(ō-don'toyd)

1. Shaped like a tooth.
Synonym(s): dentoid.

2. Relating to the toothlike odontoid process of second cervical vertebra.

[odont- + G. eidos, resemblance]

Medical Dictionary for the Dental Professions © Farlex 2012

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All had foramen magnum stenosis, intervertebral disc protrusion, loss of vertebral corpus height, malformations of vertebral bodies, platyspondyly, peri odontoid tissue, and ligaments thickening.

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Basilar impression, occipitocervical synostosis, odontoid anomalies, and Klippel-Feil syndrome do not present symptomatically at birth and are not known to cause severe spinal cord compression requiring mechanical ventilation [5].

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Reconstructed CT images showed osteolysis of the odontoid process (Figure 2(d)).

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Less frequently, the noninflammatory and noninfectious entities with predisposing atlantoaxial instability (AAI) can be associated with a ROP, as os odontoideum, posttraumatic pseudoarthrosis of the odontoid fracture, and degenerative retroodontoid cysts [8].

Retroodontoid Pseudotumor Related to Development of Myelopathy Secondary to Atlantoaxial Instability on Os Odontoideum

If high-quality CT imaging is not available, a 3-view cervical spine series (antero-posterior, lateral, and odontoid views) is recommended.2-4,7,9-11,17,26 This should be supplemented with CT (when it becomes available) if necessary to further define areas that are suspicious or not well visualized on the plain cervical x-rays.

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