CT evaluation of craniocervical junction

ABSTRACT

The purpose of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of CT in diagnosing craniocervical junction pathologies. Six consecutive patients who presented with symptoms related to craniocervical junction were evaluated by CT. Two of the patients had history to trauma, two had congenital problems with cervical spine, one had tuberculosis and one had craniocervical junction tumor. CT was found to be extremely helpful in all the cases with superior definition of bone detail when compared to plain films or MRI.