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We report on a 9-year-old-boy with the clinical and radiographic diagnosis of pseudoachondroplasia. An antero-posterior open mouth radiogram, showed an unduly long odontoid and a 3 CT scan confirmed the presence of a long, bifid odontoid. This is the first clinical report describing a dolicho-odontoid in a boy with pseudoachondroplasia.
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Al Kaissi, A., Zandieh, S., Haller, J. et al. Dolicho-odontoid in a boy with pseudoachondroplasia. Eur J Orthop Surg Traumatol 18, 297–301 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00590-008-0303-z
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