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WESTERN JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE
Volume 12, Issue 4, Pages 520-522Publisher
WESTJEM
DOI: 10.5811/westjem.2011.4.2029
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We report the case of a 22-year-old Marine who presented to the emergency department, after a martial arts exercise, with transient weakness and numbness in all extremities. Computed tomography cervical spine radiographs revealed os odontoideum. Lateral flexion-extension radiographs identified atlanto-axillary instability. This abnormality is rare and can be career ending for military members who do not undergo surgical fusion.
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