Just wondering, do we know if anyone has been diagnosed with AAI but not CCI?
Hi everyone,
I posted in this thread back in October about having cci, but the story ended up being more complex than I thought. Just signed in and saw the above comment and thought I should update everyone as it may help some people who are getting false negative diagnoses.
So, back in October I got a flexion extension and measured my own clivo axial angle. I measured it around 135, and figured this was my issue. I contacted Bolognese and set up an appt. This was online. He told me my clivo axial angle was 137-138 and the other measurements were in normal range, so I didn’t have cci.
I intuitively felt like this was wrong due to my symptoms. I won’t bore you with those details. So I decided to go see Henderson. If he said I was fine, then this wasn’t my issue.
Henderson has you get upright flexion extension mri, rotational ct, lumbar mri, and a urodynamic study to get an appt. I got in last month. He also said I didn’t have cci. But he performed a neurological exam on me which was abnormal. He then looked at my rotational ct scan and I had rotational aai to both sides.
I want to tell everyone to make sure they get all the above mentioned scans. Particularly, the rotational ct along with your mri. The others will help identify tethered cord. In my case I was all clear by Bolognese, but the scan he doesn’t order showed aai. Is this what’s causing my issues? I had weird neck clicking start around the same time I got autonomic abnormalities. Considering this is the only thing wrong with me I can find, it’s possible, but I don’t want to jump the gun.
I think Bolognese is a great doc, and possibly the best surgeon out of the bunch. But, I think the lack of scans that he orders (ie he doesn’t do flexion/extension or rotational ct) may limit his ability to identify some issues. That on top of the fact that I’m sure his office is swamped, make sure to get all the scans and get two opinions.
I haven’t seen many others who have aai without cci on mri. But this is apparently what I have. I hope this can help someone.
Cc:
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