Fig. 8From: Balloon kyphoplasty and additional anterior odontoid screw fixation for treatment of unstable osteolytic lesions of the vertebral body C2: a case seriesMRI of the cervical spine (a) shows a metastatic lesion in the vertebral body of C2 without spinal cord compression. The CT-scan in lateral and frontal view shows an osteolytic lesion (arrow) in the base of C2 (13,6 mm × 20 mm × 20,9 mm) in the same patient (b and c) (Case 3)Back to article page