%0 Electronic Article %A Yang, Jun and Li, Wei and Yin, Yu and Li, Zhi and Ni, Caifang %I SAGE Publications %D 2018 %D 2018 %G English %@ 1591-0199 %@ 2385-2011 %~ Katalog UB TU-Chemnitz %T Radiofrequency ablation of osteoid osteoma in the atlas: A case report %V 24 %J Interventional Neuroradiology %V 24 %N 1 %P 88-92 %U http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1591019917742889 %X Osteoid osteoma of the atlas has previously been reported very rarely in the published literature. The traditional standard treatment has been a surgical resection of the nidus. Recently, computed tomography (CT)-guided radiofrequency ablation (RFA) has gained favor as a more precise alternative treatment. Here, we present a case of osteoid osteoma of the C1 lateral mass treated successfully using CT-guided RFA. A 30-year-old woman who presented with a four-month history of occipital and suboccipital pain was treated by CT-guided RFA. The visual analog scale (VAS) assessed the pain before and after RFA. The patient reported significant pain relief and normal activities. The VAS score reduced from 8/7 to 1/0 after the procedure. Therefore CT-guided percutaneous RFA of C1 vertebral osteoid osteoma is a safe and effective method. The technique might be contraindicated when the nidus is less than 2 mm away from the neural structures. %Z https://katalog.bibliothek.tu-chemnitz.de/Record/ai-49-aHR0cDovL2R4LmRvaS5vcmcvMTAuMTE3Ny8xNTkxMDE5OTE3NzQyODg5 %U https://katalog.bibliothek.tu-chemnitz.de/Record/ai-49-aHR0cDovL2R4LmRvaS5vcmcvMTAuMTE3Ny8xNTkxMDE5OTE3NzQyODg5