Be sure to understand the mechanism of induction of symptoms in AAI and CCI before jumping on this potentially dangerous, and often financially devastating bandwagon! Look for signs of retinal hypertension (subtle copper wiring, AV nicking, tortuosity of the arterioles, generalized vasospasm or papilledema. Dr. Nic Gay and Dr. Masi Reynolds specialize in getting to the root cause of the problem Common findings: Ovalization of the orbitae, dilated optic nerve sheaths, pituitary concavity, Chiari malformation, tight brain appearance, jugular vein compression with or without white-vessel signs, dilation or narrowing of the lateral and possibly third ventricles, periventricular ependymal T2 FLAIR hyperintensities), Neck MRI (general evaluation of the neck integrity), CT angiogram of the head neck and subclavian arteries with the arms raised (contrast infusion via femoral vein. We use cookies and other tools to enhance your experience on our website and When I reviewed both of these patients imaging and cases, the only findings were slightly low CXAs and a Grabb-Oakes around 9mm. In many circumstances, conservative treatment (Larsen 2018, atlas joint article as linked earlier) is appropriate. We can consider that there is atlantoaxial instability or atlantoaxial subluxation (AA subluxation) in cases where there is principally incompetence of the ligamentous elements of the atlantoaxial (C1-C2) joint, which allow a significant increase in the mobility of this area thus considered pathological mobility. In such a case, to avoid foreseeable medullary damage, one may reasonably opt for fusion as preventative surgery, because the medulla, once damaged, does not always recovery after surgery. Moreover, genuine cases of brainstem compression causes paralysis and other upper motor neuron signs, and will present with syringobulbia or compressive bulbopathy. Radiographics 2000;20:S237-50. Congenital, inflammatory, traumatic, Uniondale, NY 11553. It baffles me when I see patients with 130 degree CXA and some additional signs of mild/moderate laxities being butchered with C0-T1 surgery despite there being NO instability in the cervical spine and only mild findings in the upper neck that are not causing any neurovascular conflicts nor facetal lockups (eg., Cock Robin syndrome). Upright MRI has very low quality and because of this, there is a lot of guesswork involved in its interpretation. This can also damage the brainstem and produce symptoms similar to what is described above. There can be, and are indeed many more potential explanations for these symptoms than just AAI and CCI. 2014 Aug;4(3):197-210. doi: 10.1055/s-0034-1376371. The utmost majority of these patients have have normal supine imaging, and many of them also normal or nearly normal upright imaging. Surgical reduction and fixation would be the only appropriate treatment. -Dr. Vicen Gilete, MD, Neurosurgeon & Spine Surgeon. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. Apr 2, 2022 Any experience of Atlantoaxial instability? 2011 Apr;15(1):41-47. This is important to understand, because maximal rotation will induce, and neutral position will stop the symptoms in patients with legitimate vascular conflict in AAI. Now, the I was told is clearly second-hand information, and I cannot guarantee its accuracy. She was never evaluated for clinical correlation for these alleged findings, ie., no one evaluated if these findings had actual compatibility with her clinical symptoms and, especially, triggers. Global Spine J. I am not saying that this applies to every DMX center nor that DMX in and by itself is never useful, but due to the overwhelming lack of competence that tends to come with these studies, I dont recommend them unless unless you have obviously abnormal imaging otherwise and want to look for occult fractures or similar sinister and stubbornly identified problem. doi: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e3182333859. Copyright statement Atlanto-axial instability (AAI) is a condition that affects the bones in the upper spine or neck under the base of the skull. 3. Some top offenders may suggest full craniocervical fusion, ie. PMID: 24475346; PMCID: PMC3899735. I have also seen cases of seventh nerve dystonic mimicks several times in JOS, where platysmal dystonia or even oropharyngeal dystonia (hypoglossal nerve) has been identified, worsened with neck tucking (which increases the compression) and resolved with specific strategies for widening the atlanto-styloidal interval (see my atlas article as linked earlier) or Larsen 2018 in the reference list). Both patients had severe symptoms regardless of lying down, wearing a neck brace, etc., and did not get worse nor better when turning or moving their necks. In the Axis, pedicle screws are usually the first choice although, depending on the patients anatomy, placement of isthmic screws may be considered. Dysautonomia when standing up is often related to craniovascular problems, whereas difficulty holding the head up suggests mumscular damage. 2015. Then the patient can make an informed decision about whether or not they want to invest in experimental therapy. Magnetic resonance imaging assessment of the alar ligaments in whiplash injuries: a case-control study. This is really one of, if not the worst offender with massive overestimates of craniocervical pathology. Epub 2020 Jul 4. Neurosurgery. If there is a 1mm listhesis, however and the patient has no neurological symptoms and the medulla is utterly free of compression, then performing fusion is completely unnecessary. nr. Supine cervical MRI including T2-w sagittal-oblique sequences at 2mm slice thickness (disc and foraminal health is best evaluated on a supine MRI). This is reasonable. A CTV is preferable, but a general neck CT will also do if you have sensitive kidneys and would like to avoid contrast infusion. TOS increases perfusion rates to the brain, to which the brain is very sensitive and may dysfunction depending on how high the pressures are (Larsen et al 2020), often resulting in severe fatigue, dizziness, headaches and especially occipital headaches/pain (these are hypertensive headaches, not an atlas problem). Look for upright compression of the IJVs), Dynamic CT also works well, but has much more radiation. This, of course, must be evaluated on a case-to-case basis. Medullopathy (signal changes, cord damage) will not occur by mere deflection, which is also evident by the blatant lack of upper motor neuron findings in these alleged brainstem compression patients. I will update the article when I am back home in Colombia in the beginning of August. Styloidogenic jugular venous compression syndrome: diagnosis and treatment: case report. Explore fellowships, residencies, internships and other educational opportunities. The atlantoaxial subluxation can occur isolated or can be found in cases in which there is also craniocervical instability. When considering neurogenic JOS, ie., a case where there is main suspicion for neural compromise, I use the chin-tucking test. Abbreviations: BDI: basion dens interval, CXA: clivo axial angle, BAI: basion-axial interval, ADI: Atlantoaxial interval. This pain tends to get worse with stress and with high heart rates, and are often also worse in the morning after lying down. PMID: 19769514. Imaging will prove brainstem compression on [flexion/extension] MRI, and an increased atlantodental interval on flexion/extension CT or x-ray. But we must see adequate imaging as well as adequate clinical fulfillment of diagnostic criteria to render these diagnoses; it is not enough to feel neck clunking, upper cervical pain, weakness in the neck or wobbleheaded. Aggressive craniovertebral junction ligamentous injuries can also result in vertical displacements. PMID: 25083363; PMCID: PMC4111952. About had been excluded by her primary care physicians and local hospital. Let us look closer at these clinical entities and their associated symptoms, imaging findings, and, importantly, clinical triggers. It is different from other joints in the vertebral In my experience, we would expect to see at least 20mmHg maximum venous pressures. This is easily seen on imaging, especially on CT, as the alignment of the joint will be unequivocally abnormal to the extent that would not be achievable without tremendous ligamentous injury. If not, does the patient actually have any significant symptom induction with rotation? Atlantoaxial instability is an uncommon condition of dogs in which there is abnormal movement in the neck, between the atlas (first cervical vertebra) and axis (second vertebra). Type three involves anterior subluxation of the entire atlas due to combined full rupture of the TAL and partial rupture of the capsules and other structures. Bow hunters syndrome revisited: 2 new cases and literature review of 124 cases. We'll assume you're ok with this, but you can opt-out if you wish. I very often receive upright MRI reports where the rotation is completely normal, and the patient is still diagnosed with AAI. Maybe they temporary fix some compression? If the X-ray results are abnormal (different than usual), the doctor will order another imaging test, like a computed tomography (CT) scan or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) test. Type one involves sole rotary luxation of the facet joints, usually along with damage to either the alar ligaments and capsular ligaments. Deliganis AV, Baxter AB, Hanson JA, et al. Atlantoaxial instability will generally imply axial hypermobility of the atlantoaxial joint itself, which when symptomatic will result in Bow hunters syndrome (positional compression or damage to the vertebral arteries) or Cock Robin syndrome (positional facetal dislocation without reduction). And if yes, do they completely normalize when resuming neutral position? As stated, although rooted in postural dysfunction, this is not really a problem of pathological instability, and therefore I dont recommend neck fusion to treat this problem. Another patient was told by a well-known pain physician in the US that she had brainstem compression and required several expensive prolotherapy procedures. In addition to that we would start treatment for thoracic outlet syndrome. If the measurements are within normal limits, the likelihood of dangerous sequelae are low, if not absent. At Mass General, the brightest minds in medicine collaborate on behalf of our patients to bridge innovation science with state-of-the-art clinical medicine. Because it doesnt work most of the time, and doesnt cause any lasting results. He also found that severe misalignment of these joints were often associated with Chiari malformation, basilar invagination, and various other pathologies. The problem begins when certain nonsensical articles about CCI and AAI, that do not properly explain relevant clinical correlation nor imaging requirements, but rather, just lists a set of associated symptoms, finds favor in the patient. -Mummaneni PV, Haid RW. Sometimes, the symptoms may trigger within a few minutes after the test as well, depending on various factors which exceed the scope of this article. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. This may cause the patient to become afraid and to google their symptoms, which in and by itself is reasonable enough. Does it matter whether these are done laying or sitting down? The problem, in the patients eyes, may be a lacking reasonable counter-argument and counter-diagnosis that would explain his or her symptoms, which then prompts the patient to seek out alternative health care. 10 things you should know about Cervical Disc Replacement. If combined with Chiari malformation, compression of the cerebellar tonsils can cooccur and will occur with lower measurements than normally needed to cause brainstem compression alone, due to filling of the space behind it (the descended cerebellum). I hope that, by now, the reader has understood the importance that clinical measurements, actual pathology and clinical triggers should go hand in hand. This, once again emphasized if the patient also does not induce any sinister symptoms in the positions where the alleged instability occurs. Evaluation of the Cause of Internal Jugular Vein Obstruction on Head and Neck Contrast Enhanced 3D MR Angiography Using Contrast Enhanced Computed Tomography. Basil R. Besh, M.D. I completely disagree with this and, once again, refer to common sense thinking that if the joint positions are within normal limits then there is very little risk, if any, of any damage to the spinal cord or segmental arteries. PMID: 33064218. Atlantoaxial instability (AAI) is a potential complication of all forms of EDS. J Neurosurg Spine. This is not dangerous, but can cause some popping, restriction in movement, and some pain upon articulation. BDI, ie. Dr. Gilete in Spain, although I often disagree with his diagnoses, tends to order beautiful dynamic CT scans and also good craniovascular scans. To the best of my knowledge, I was the first person to document the notion that this was, in essence, a postural phenomenon that is induced due to poor posture over a long period of time (Larsen 2018). A lot of things that cause temporary results are just placebo. Treatment depends on your son/daughters symptoms. Yang SY, Boniello AJ, Poorman CE, Chang AL, Wang S, Passias PG. And, of course, to determine whether or not the findings actually correlate with the patients symptoms and clinical exam. For TOS CVH the patient will generally feel better when stress is reduced along with taking beta blockers (confer with your doctor). Atlanto-axial instability (AAI) is a condition that affects the bones in the upper spine or neck under the base of the skull. This site complies with the HONcode standard for trustworthy health information: verify here. Clunking and popping that occurs in the upper neck can be scary, but is usually just a sign of facetal rigidity with reduction, meaning that they get stuck and then pop back into place. In other words, the vertical distance between the head and the spine. If there is no medullary compression, not even in a flexion/extension scan, then we cannot say that the patient is of surgical degree, even if it is very low, unless they look so bad that it is reasonable to expect frank compression in the near future! 15 Piscataqua DriveNewington (Portsmouth), NH, 03801 603-431-3600, 8 Maple Street, Suite 2 Meredith, NH 03253 603-279-1117, 2023 All rights reserved | Sitemap | Legal | Law Firm Essentials by PaperStreet Web Design, Caudal Cervical Spondylomyelopathy (Wobblers). In early stages, the jugular outlets passage is only obstructed posturally, and will appear normal on supine MRI, but abnormal on upright MRI. At the very least, if the clinician has clinical suspicion but no concrete holdingpoints for their diagnosis, they must be honest about this. The atlas can sublux anteriorly, posteriorly, laterally, or vertically. Beware that suboccipital pain, espeically if your imaging is normal, is a very common sympton in thoracic outlet syndrome, and is actually a migraine variant. For example, if the brainstem is compressed due to a ruptured transverse atantal ligament or due to basilar invagination, a brutally high Grabb-oakes measurement would be expected, and would be a nice extra detail in the report along with the actual information that there is indeed anterior-posterior compression of the brainstem. Eur J Pediatr. Followup with a dynamic CT, supine MRI or similar to confirm potentially equivocal findings is warranted. Early stage) and constant compression (if seen on mri, moderate, if seen on CT, severe) of these structures may occur. Patients with legitimate CCI or AAI will generally have intermittent induction of symptoms with full rotation, flexion or extension that resolves in netural position, presuming there is no constant crushing of the brainstem or vertebral artery dissection. This, usually due to trauma, but can also occur gradually due to certain autoimmune disorders such as rheumatoid arthritis, gross congenital hypermobility (such as Ehler Danlos syndrome or Marfan syndrome), or certain congenital syndromes such as Downs syndrome (Yang et al. This My experience has been that these approaches do not work, and certainly do not cause long term results. I prefer to compare mid-jugular to the highest pressure found, usually in the torcula or SSS. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. This is a component of TOS CVH in most circumstances, in my experience, but can certainly scare the patient into believing that they have sinister CCI or AAI due to the location of the pain along with heavy cracking and other symptoms. We were referred to a specialist vet (swift in Wetherby) who thinks it is AAI but unless she regains use of her legs they cannot operate the basion-dens interval, is the distance between the tip of the clivus and tip of the C2. The symptoms will completely resolve when returning to neutral position; usually even a few degrees reduction is enough to normalize flow. The brainstems were completely void of evidence for compression in both cases, and there was no evidence of signal changes (consistent with brainstem damage) on MRI. The functional result of First, need I mention the notion that there is tremendous money in this patient group, and that if treatment goes wrong, becuase they have already burned their bridges with their GPs, no one will listen nor care? This is Bow hunters syndrome, and may be caused by legitimate atlantoaxial instability. Radiologic spectrum of craniocervical distraction injuries. The atlantoaxial subluxation may exist in patients neutral position (without neck movement) or may occur in relation to neck rotation movements (when the patient moves the neck to the right and left). In addition to reproducible clinical triggers (positions), the patient should preferably undergo a dynamic catheter angiography of the neck. PMID: 30805289; PMCID: PMC6383461. One is especially predisposed to this problem if the affected vertebral artery is highly dominant (much higher caliber than its contralateral counterpart) or if the contralateral artery is extremely hypoplastic, or, finally, the contralateral artery terminates as the posterior inferior cerebellar artery rather than at the basilar artery (Josy & Daily, 2015). Kjetil has also published several peer-reviewed studies on musculoskeletal and neurological topics. 2020). 2014 Aug;4(3):197-210. DOI: https://doi.org/10.35975/apic.v24i1.1230. The CXA was 138 degrees and the Grabb-Oakes measurement was 8,3mm. The report claimed that there were signs of ligamentous rupture and bidirectional subluxation upon rotation in the atlantoaxial joints. An X-ray is low-cost and low-risk, but it does not always tell whether a person has AAI or not. Styloidectomy and Venous Stenting for Treatment of Styloid-Induced Internal Jugular Vein Stenosis: A Case Report and Literature Review. This conformation may be associated with thickening of the interarcuate ligament (atlantoaxial band), which has been interpreted as an indicator for instability in the atlantoaxial joint [79]. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. It is possible to do it with extension and rotation, etc., but it is usually not necessary. The reason why AAI and CCI are potentially associated with so many symptoms such as headache, dizziness, etc., is due to the potential for neurovascular conflict. If the symptoms happen along with aggressive neurological symptoms, however, or if your neck locks up in rotary fixation, greater concern could be applicable. Facetal locking with rigid torticollis (Cock Robin syndrome) or similar, in cases where there is no neurological compromise, is less dangerous. Symptoms of brainstem compression are respiratory crisis and quadriplegia, but can also manifest more diffusely. Patients with normal structural alignment and more or less normal or completely normal radiological imaging, without clinical correlation, end up diagnosed with CCI or AAI due to a slightly low (non-sinister) CXA, say 135 degrees, and some signal changes in the alar ligaments on T2 FLAIR imaging or slight increase in the atlantodental interval (ADI) despite normal thickness of the transverse atlantal ligament (TAL). Copyright Dr Gilete Neurosurgery & Spine Surgery. She worsened with arm-loading, and often worsened when lying down, especially the breathing dysfunction tended to exacerbate and become more pronouned at night-time, resulting in anxiety and insomnia. 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