Congenital cervical dentate deformity

The dentate process is composed of double cartilage. If cartilageization cannot be completed, a dentate process deformity occurs. Anterior dentate deformities can cause instability of the atlantoaxial vertebrae and lead to spinal cord injury and even death.

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