From the case: Prominent external occipital protuberance

From the case: Prominent external occipital protuberance

Axial bone window

contributed by Mahmoud Nady Hassan Mostafa on February 29, 2020

Systems: Head & Neck

Paediatrics

Tags: normal variant

occipital knob

occipital bun

inion hook

chignon hook

occipital spur

Modality: CT (bone window)

- “ The external occipital protuberance is a midline bony prominence in the occipital bone in which the ligamentum nuchae and trapezius muscle attach ...”

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