STUDY OF ANOMALIES OF CERVICAL VERTEBRAE Sween Walia * 1 , Bhawani Shankar Modi 2 , G.S. Bindra 3 , Shikha Sharma 4 . *1 Assistant Professor, Punjab Institute of Medical Sciences, Jalandhar, Punjab, India. 2  Demonstrator, F H Medical College & Hospital, Tundla, UP, India. 3  Professor, F H Medical College & Hospital, Tundla, UP, India. 4  Professor, F H Medical College & Hospital, Tundla, UP, India. Address for the Correspondence:  Dr. Sween Walia, Assistant Professor, Punjab Institute of Medical Sciences, Jalandhar, Punjab, India. ABSTRACT: Introduction:   Fused   cervical   vertebrae   may   be   congenital.   This   anomaly   may   be   asymptomatic,   or   it   may   also   appear   with   manifestations   of   serious   clinical features   such   as   myelopathy,   limitation   of   the   neck   movements,   muscular   weakness,   atrophy   and   neurological   sensory   loss,   or   may   be   associated   with syndrome such as Klippel-Feil . Materials and Method:   This study included 350 cervical vertebrae from department of anatomy of various medical institutions. Result:    We   found   complete   ossification   of   anterior   as   well   as   posterior   longitudinal   ligaments   in   cervical   vertebrae.   Some   other   fusion   anomalies   are   also found in same vertebrae. Conclusion:    The   present   study   highlights   the   ossification   of   anterior   and   posterior   longitudinal   ligaments   in   the   region   of   cervical   vertebrae   as   a   part   of diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis. KEY WORDS:  Fused cervical vertebrae, congenital, myelopathy, Klippel-Feil, diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis. References 1 . Schlitt M, Dempsey PJ & Robinson K. Cervical Buttefly-Block vertebrae: a case report. Clinical Imaging.1989;13:167-170. 2 . Bharucha EP, Dastur HM, Craniovertebral Anomalies: a report on 40 cases. Brain.!964;87:469-480. 3 . Kameyama   T,   Ando   T,   Fukastu   H,   Mizuno   T,   Takahashi   A.   Syringomyelic   syndrome   secondary   to   cervical   canal   stenosis   and   cervical   spondylosis.   Rinsho Shinkeigaku. 1993;33(11):1179-83. 4 . Li F, Chen Q, Xu K. Surgical treatment of 40 patients with thoracic ossification of the ligamentum flavum. J Neurosurg Spine. 2006;4:191-197. 5 . Wang W, Kong L. Ossification of ligamentum. J Neurosurg Spine. 2007;6:96. 6 . Hamidreza   Aliabadi,   David   Biglari,   L.   Fernando   Gonzalez,   Peter   Nakaji.   Diffuse   Idiopathic   Skeletal   Hyperostosis   versus      Ankylosing   Spondylitis:   Brief Case Review. Barrow Quarterly 2006; 22(4):10-14. 7 . Randall   R.   McCafferty,   Michael   J.   Harrison,   Laszlo   B.   Tamas,   Mark   V.   Larkins,   Ossification   of   the   anterior   longitudinal   ligament   and   Forestier’s   disease: an analysis of seven cases Journal of Neurosurgery, 1995;83:13-17. 8 . Bhawani    ShankarModi,    Nidhi    Puri,    VVG    Patnaik.    EVALUATION    OF    TECHNIQUES    FOR    CLEANING    EMBALMED    CADAVER    BONES.    Int    J    Anat    Res 2014;2(4):810-813. DOI: 10.16965/ijar.2014.554. 9 . Inamasu   J,   Bernard   G.   A   review   of   factors   predictive   of   surgical   outcome   for   ossification   of   the   ligamentum   flavum   of   the   thoracic   spine.   J   Neurosurg Spine. 2006;5:133-9. 1 0 . Kruse   JJ,   Awasthi   D,   Harris   M,   Waguespack   A.   Ossification   of   the   ligamentum   flavum   as   a   cause   of   myelopathy   in   North   America:   report   of   three   cases. J Spinal Disord. 2000;13:22-25. 1 1 . Bethany   MU,   Mette   NC.   A   sequential   developmental   field   defect   of   the   vertebrae,   ribs   and   sternum,   in   a   young   woman   of   the   12 th    century   AD.   Am   J Phys Anthropol. 2000;3:355-367.