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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Arquivos Brasileiros de Neurocirurgia: Brazilian Neurosurgery 2020; 39(01): 037-040
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1598650
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Grisel Syndrome: Case Report

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Bruno Roncaglio
1   Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Instituto de Coluna Vertebral, Hospital Santa Casa de Misericórdia, Vitória, ES, Brazil
,
Tadeu Gervazoni Debom
1   Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Instituto de Coluna Vertebral, Hospital Santa Casa de Misericórdia, Vitória, ES, Brazil
,
Marcus Alexandre Novo Brazolino
1   Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Instituto de Coluna Vertebral, Hospital Santa Casa de Misericórdia, Vitória, ES, Brazil
,
Thiago Cardoso Maia
1   Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Instituto de Coluna Vertebral, Hospital Santa Casa de Misericórdia, Vitória, ES, Brazil
,
José Lucas Batista Filho
1   Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Instituto de Coluna Vertebral, Hospital Santa Casa de Misericórdia, Vitória, ES, Brazil
,
Igor Machado Cardoso
1   Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Instituto de Coluna Vertebral, Hospital Santa Casa de Misericórdia, Vitória, ES, Brazil
,
Charbel Jacob Junior 
1   Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Instituto de Coluna Vertebral, Hospital Santa Casa de Misericórdia, Vitória, ES, Brazil
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18 September 2017

08 December 2017

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06 March 2017 (online)

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Abstract

We report a case of a rare disease, Grisel syndrome, which manifests as a kind of rotational fixation of the atlas on the axis, resulting from an infectious process of the upper airways. In the present report, we discuss etiology, clinical presentation, diagnosis, treatment and outcome after intervention.

Keywords

atlantoaxial joint / injuries - grisel syndrome / treatment
 

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