Comprehensive and integrated management of basilar impression, platybasia and cranio-vertebral junction abnormality- a case report.

Aim: To report a case of anomalous development of base of skull (platybasia, Basilar invagination and C1-C2 vertebral fusion); and emphasize nonsurgical management in inoperable cases that can improve quality of life of the patient.

Materials And Methods: The case is reported as a descriptive study of a 17-year-old female who presented to a rural teaching tertiary care hospital in Wardha, Maharashtra, India; with chief complaints of weakness in all four limbs since 10 years of age.

Result And Conclusion: Platybasia is a developmental defect of the occipital bone and upper cervical spine resulting from anomalous development.