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We report a case of extensive craniocervical bone pneumatisation presenting after minor trauma. The patient had neurological signs and initial radiographs showed multiple lucencies in the skull base and the atlas vertebra. CT established the true nature of this rare condition.
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Sadler, D.J., Doyle, G.L., Hall, K. et al. Craniocervical bone pneumatisation. Neuroradiology 38, 330–332 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00596581
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