Author(s)

Xinyu Huang¹, Wei Hu^2*#, Cheng Li^2#, Xingming Lai^1#, Jinpeng Zheng^3#, Nian Liu^1#

¹Guilin Medical University, Guilin, China.
²Guilin People’s Hospital, Guilin, China.
³Tianyou Hospital Affiliated to Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.

Defined as an association of acute cervical pain and calcifications in the peri-odontoid space, crowned dens syndrome (CDS) is a major imaging manifestation of “coronary”. CDS is a rare but under-recognized cause of severe neck pain in older adults. As such, it is often misdiagnosed. So, we review the literature with particular attention to the clinical and radiological aspects of this syndrome.

Crowned Dens Syndrome, Radiology, Calcification, Computed Tomography, Nosogenesis

Huang, X. , Hu, W. , Li, C. , Lai, X. , Zheng, J. and Liu, N. (2022) Crowned Dens Syndrome: Recent Progress on Diagnosis and Treatment. International Journal of Clinical Medicine, 13, 452-460. doi: 10.4236/ijcm.2022.1310032.