24. WAKENHEIM’s LINE AND ANGLE
WAKENHEIM’s LINE AND ANGLE
•LINESHOULDFALLTANGENTTO POSTERIORASPECTOFTIPOFDENS
•IS FALLSPOST=POSTCRANIOCERVICALDISSOCIATIONANDVICEVERSA
•ANGLEIFLESSTHAN 150,SUSPECTCORDCOMPRESSION
•UPTO150 IN FLEXION,UPTO180IN EXTENSION
25. MCREELINE
Mc REELINE
•DENS SHOULD NOTPROJECTABOVE
• LOWER OCCIPITAL PROTUBERANCE LIE BELOW
THISLINE
•LINE THROUGH DENS SHOULD PASS THROUGH
ANT1/3RD
•NORMAL19to 34mm
•LESS THAN20mm= CORD COMPROMISE
•MORE THAN40mmINCHIARI
26. HEIGHT INDEX OF KLAUS
HEIGHT INDEXOF KLAUS
•< THAN30= BASILARIMPRESSION
•30to 36mm(TENDENCY)
•AVERAGE40– 41mm
63. LARGE CRANIAL VAULT
SMALL SKULL BASE
FLAT NOSE
FRONTAL BOSSING
NARROWFORAMEN MAGNUM
NARROWFORAMEN MAGNUM
SMALL CISTERNAMAGNA
CERVICOMEDULLARYKINK
HIGHUP BRAINSTEM
89. AT THELEVEL OF ENTRYOFVERTEBRAL ARTERYINFTOF ATLAS,MEDIAL EDGE OF
FORAMEN TRANSVERSARIUMTOMIDLINE
AT THELEVEL OF DENSTIP,SHORTESTDISTANCEOF DENS
TOEITHER VERTEBRALARTERIES
AT THELEVEL OF POSTERIORARCHOF ATLAS,MEDIAL EDGE OF VERTBRALARTERYTO MIDLINE
M3
Editor's Notes
INTERNAL OCCIPITAL PROTUBERANCE AND SPHENO OCCIPITALK SYNCHONDROSIS.
LOTS OF ARTICLES AND CHAPTERS ABOUT THE SKULL AND THE CERVICAL SPINE BUT PAUCITY OF LITERATURE ON CVJ
2ND COUNTLESS LINES AND ANGLES AND LINES HAVE BEEN GIVEN WITH WIDE RANGES VARYING BETWEEN AGE AND GENDERS,
AND TO MAKE THE MATTER WORSE VARIOUS TERMINOLOGIES HAVE BEEN INTRODUCES.
BASILAR INVAGINATION IS THE PRIMARY DEVELOPMENTAL ANOMALY,
BASILAR IMPR
7 mm abovw not more than this
5 mm above not more than this
ANGLE POST AXIS LINE AND CLIVAL LINE
150 IN FLEXION
180 IN EXTENSION
IS DFL LESS THAN 150 , CORD COMPRESSION
Tip of odntoid below this line
Macrae’s Line:
Two assessments are then made in relation to this line:
the occipital bone and
the odontoid process.
The inferior margin of the occipital bone
should lie at or below this line. In addition
a perpendicular line drawn through the
odontoid apex should intersect this line
in its anterior quarter.
When effective saggital diameter is <20 mm,
neurological symptoms occur (FM stenosis).
Normal diameter is around 40mm.
The FM is enlarged to >50 mm in c/o Chiari
malformation.
Average (mm) -- 40-41
Minimum (mm) --- 30
A measurement < 30 mm indicates basilar impression. Values between 30 and 36 mm reflect a tendency toward basilar impression
A line is drawn from the tuberculum sellae to the internal occipital protuberance. The vertical distance between this line and the apex of the odontoid is measured. (14) (Fig. 2-9)
Boogard’s line. The basion should lie below this line
Both measurements will be
altered in basilar impression
Boogard’s line. A line is drawn connecting the nasion to the opisthion. (15) (Fig. 2-10A)
Boogard’s angle. (a) A line is drawn between the basion and the opisthion (Macrae’s line). (b) A second line is drawn from the dorsum sellae to the basion along the plane of the clivus. (c) The angle between these two lines is measured.
15 MM
13 MM
Atlanto occipital joint 11 +/-4mm below this line
Tip of odontoid less than 10 mm above this line
If more than 1. then ant occipito atlantal dissociation
In the normal individual the ratio is always < 1.
Bull's angle
<13°
Radiography (Lateral)X-ray computed tomographyMagnetic resonance imaging
Line drawn between the posterior and anterior arch of C1. Bull's angle is the angle between this line and the hard palate plane.
A decreased space is to be expected with advancing age because of degenerative joint disease of the atlantodental joint.
abnormally widened space with reduction in the neural canal size is seen in
Trauma, occipitalization, Down’s syndrome,
pharyngeal infections (Grisel’s disease),
and inflammatory arthropathies (e.g., ankylosing spondylitis, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, and Reiter’s syndrome)
ATLANTODENTAL INTERSPACE. A. Normal Adult Interspace. The interspace measures < 3 mm (arrows). B. Abnormal Interspace. On flexion a patient with rheumatoid arthritis exhibits anterior translation of the atlas by 5 mm (arrows). C. Normal Childhood Interspace. The interspace measures < 5 mm (arrows). D. CT Scan, Abnormal Interspace. In this patient with rheumatoid arthritis, the atlantodental interspace is increased (arrowheads). Note the erosion at the posterior surface of the odontoid at the site of synovial tissue beneath the transverse ligament
If more than 12 mm, the occipito cervical dissociation is present
125 to 143 degree,
Posterior Cervical Line: If the drawn curve is discontinuous at any level, then an anterior or posterior displacement may be present.
This line is especially useful for detecting subtle odontoid fractures and atlantoaxial subluxation (anterior), which otherwise may be easily overlooked.
A disruption in the middle to lower cervical spine may also be a sign of anterolisthesis, retrolisthesis, or frank dislocation
Atlanto-occipital joint axis angle 124 to 12 degree. If more than 180, severe occipital condyle hypoplasia
CLIVUS CANAL ANGLE LESS THAN 150, SHORTENING OF CLIVUS, VIOLATION OF CHAMBERLEIN LINE
ATLANTOOCCIPITAL JOINT AXIS ANGLE
NRMAL 124 TO 127 DEGREE
THEY GET FLAT IN HYPOPLASTIC OCCIPITAL CONDYLE
4%, IN BIOPSY SPECIMEN, RARE
0.2% ,,,RARER THAN POST ARCH
BERGMAN OSSICLE 12 YEARS. RERMINAL OSSICLE TO THE REMAINDER OF THE DENS.
OS ODONTOIDEUM....INDEPENDENT OSSEOUS STRUCTURE LYING CEPHALAD TO THE BODUY OF THE AXIS, IN POSITION OF THE DENS. SMOOTH XCORTICATED MARGINS AND HYPERTROPHIC ANT ARCH OF THE ATLS.
ASSOCIATED WITH BI, PLATYBASIA AND ATLANTO OCCIPITAL FUSION
NOT ASSOCIATED WITH BI, PLATYBASIA AND ATLANTO OCCIPITAL FUSION
LEMON: INDENTATION OF FRONTAL BONE CHIARI 1
BANANA: CONTENT OF POST FOSSA DISPLACED DOWNWARDS, CISTERNA MAGNA IS OBLITERATED, AND CEREBELLUM WRAPS AROUND BRAINSTEM AS A BANANA.
The radiographic Rigault classification 3,7:
grade I: superomedial angle lower than T2 but above T4 transverse process
grade II: superomedial angle located between C5 and T2 transverse process
grade III: superomedial angle above C5 transverse process
AOI, AAI in downs syndrome due to ligament laxity, altered bone shapes
Posterior atlantodental interval (PADI) measured from the posterior border of the dens to the anterior border of the posterior tubercle. • This index may be more important because it more directly assesses the spinal canal width. • Normal range 19 –32 mm in male & 19 –30mm in females. • Below 19mm, neurological manifestations occur.
The tectorial membrane and alar ligaments pr ,,,, Atlanto-occipital dissociation (AOD) injuries a,,,,
basion-dens interval (BDI) >10 mm in adults 3
basion-axial interval (BAI) >12 mm in adults
Powers ratio >1 (insensitive to a vertical distraction injury or posterior dissociation)
atlantodental interval (ADI)
>3 mm in adult males
>2.5 mm in adult females
Normal values are < 12mm on plain radiographs and <8.5mm on CT 1
BDI AND BAI
Powers ratio is a measurement of the relationship of the foramen magnum to theatlas, used in the diagnosis of atlanto-occipital dissociation injuries.
The ratio, AB/CD, is measured as the ratio of the distance in the median (midsagittal) plane between the:
basion (A) and the posterior spinolaminar line of the atlas (B) and,
opisthion (C) and the anterior arch of the atlas (D)
Normal values are <1 on plain radiographs 1 and <0.9 on CT 2. If this ratio is >1, then the anterior atlanto-occipital dissociation should be suspected.
relatively large cranial vault with small skull base
prominent forehead with depressed nasal bridge
narrowed foramen magnum
cervico medullary kink
relative elevation of the brainstem resulting in a large suprasellar cistern and vertically-oriented straight sinus
communicating hydrocephalus (due to venous obstruction at sigmoid sinus)
LARGE SUPRASELLAR CISTERN
SMALL CISTERNA MAGNA
FRONTAL BOSSING
LARGE CALVARIA
SMALL BASE OF SKULL
NARROW FORAMEN MAGNUM
VERTICAL STRAIGHT SINUS (27 TO 52) AND 55 TO 72
CERVICIOMEDUULLARY KINKING
HIGH UP BRAINSTEM
ENLARGED HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE
OBLITERATION OF SUBARACHNOID SPACE
AAI
J SHAPED SELLA
F MAGNUM NARROWING
DYSPLASTIC CONE SHAPED DENS
RA
EROSION OF DENS
DECREASED FACET JOIMT
INCREASED ADI on flexion
PANNUAS AROUND DENS
INCREASED ADI
IMPINGEMENT OF CERVICOMEDULLARY JUNCTION
DENS EROSION
AAI
ERANAVAT INVAGINATION
BASE DENS EROSION
LATERAL SUBLUXATION
VOULUMINOUS NEW BONE FORMATION
FUSION OF ZYGO APOPHYSEAL JOINTS
ANTERIOR TO C4 7
AAI
OATEITIS AND ENTHESISTIS OF DENS
BONE FORMATION AROUND ATLANTO AXIAL REGION AND DENS
DECREASED ADI
SCLEROSIS
SCLEROSIS SIGNAL LOSS STIR
OSTEOPHTES
DENS EROSION
CALCIFIED PSEUDOMASS OF URATE CRYSTAL BEHIND DENS’ CAN CAUSE SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION
CAN CAUSE SUBLUXATION
DUAL ENERGY CT SHOWING URATE CYRYSTAL
type I fracture (~15%)
impaction fracture of the occipital condyle
due to axial compression
stable injury
type II fracture (~50%)
basilar skull fracture that extends to involve the occipital condyle
due to direct blow to the skull
stable injury
type III fracture (~35%)
avulsion injury of condyle in region of alar ligament attachment
due to forced contralateral bending and rotation
potentially unstable injury
IN RA AND DOWNS
IN CHILDREN BECAUSE OF MORE HORIZONTAL OCCIPITAL CONDYLE
FLEXION INJURY ME ANTERIOR SUBLUXATION
HYPEREXTENSION INJURY ME POST SUBLUXATION
CAN BE LONGITUDINAL DUISTRATCION
POWERS RATION IF MORE THAN 1 === ANTERIOR SUBLUXATION
WAKENHEIM NLINE IF FALLS POSTERIORLY TO DENS THEN POST SUBLUCATION
ATLAS OCCIPUT DISTANCE SHOULD BE LESS THAN 5 MM ALWAYS
The Jefferson fracture most commonly occurs as the result of axial loading on the head through the occiput, leading to a burst-type fracture of C1.
Steele's Rule of Thirds: - canal of atlas is about 3 cm in its AP diameter; - spinal cord, odontoid process, and free space for cord are each about 1 cm in diameter; - anterior displacement of the atlas that exceeds one centimeter may jeopardize the adjacent segment of the spinal cord;
ANTERIOR ARCH FRACTURE ONLY 2 PERCENT, ASSOCIATED WITH DENS FRACTURE
POSTERIOR ARCH FRCTURE IS MORE COMMON, ASS WITH HTYPEREXTENSION
TRANSVERSE LIGAMENT INJURY
DENS SHIFTS POSTERIORLY
AND COMPRESSES THE SPINAL CORDD
Hangman fracture (also known as traumatic spondylolisthesis of axis) is a fracture which involves the pars interarticularis of C2 on both sides, and is a result of hyperextension and distraction.
lassification
type I: fracture with <3 mm antero-posterior deviation
no angular deviation
type II: fracture with >3 mm antero-posterior deviation
significant angular deviation
disruption of posterior longitudinal ligament
type IIa: the fracture line is horizontal/oblique (instead of vertical)
significant angular deviation without anterior translation
type III: type I with bilateral facet joint dislocation
Aneurysmal bone cyst of the axis
This rapidly growing, expansile, multilocular
lesion replacing the body of the axis proved
histol
METS: LUNG, BREAST, PROSTATE
Vertebral artery (VA) injury may occur in approximately 4.1% patients during surgery at the craniovertebral junction (CVJ
M1: TIP OD ODONTOID AND HARD PALATE LEVEL , DISTANCE OF VERTEBRAL ARTERY AND DENS
M2: AT THE LEVEL OF THE ENTRY OF VA INTO THE FT OF THE ATLAS: MEDIAL EDGE OF FORAMEN TRANSVERSARIUM AND MIDLINE
M3: AXIAL PLANE AT THE LEVEL OF POST ARCH OF ATLAS: MEDIAL EDGE OF VA AND MIDLINE