Skull and Spine
& other axial ramblings
October 15, 2011
Torus Torus Torus
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50Y M with 60 pack-year history of smoking presents with a painless lump on the hard palate. Appropriate history taking determines that i...
October 14, 2011
Modic Type 1 change and low back pain
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Although controversial, the Modic classification of vertebral endplate changes remains a handy short cut to describe degenerative signal ab...
October 13, 2011
Eagle syndrome
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The slender styloid process (Gk. stylus = pillar, instrument for writing (incidentally the root of the word "style")) is seldom s...
October 5, 2011
The "Human Tail"
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Only thirty-three human tails have been reported in the literature, and there is some question how many (if not all) of these represent ...
October 4, 2011
Paraspinal Musculature: The Perils of Cricket
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Attaching inferiorly to the fibers of the iliolumbar ligament, superiorly to the lowest rib, and medially to the transverse processes of th...
October 3, 2011
Lumbosacral transitional vertebrae
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The Castellvi system for organizing lumbosacral variations. Useful only for classification, not prognostic significance. The design of ...
October 2, 2011
The Pit and the Pyramid
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The middle ear has more nooks and crannies than a gnome's cave (gnomes live in caves, right?), and these are places where all kind of na...
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