Abstract
A 3-year-old girl with osteogenesis imperfecta developed symptomatic basilar impression. Her neurological symptoms were treated by foramen magnum decompression and laminectomy. This is an unusually young patient to have this condition.
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Rush, P.J., Berbrayer, D. & Reilly, B.J. Basilar impression and osteogenesis imperfecta in a three-year-old girl: CT and MRI. Pediatr Radiol 19, 142–143 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02387909
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02387909