Figure 8 Biopsy of the C2 vertebra in a 61-year-old man with nasopharyngeal carcinoma complicated by C2 vertebral osteomyelitis. Axial CT fluoroscopic image taken with the patient in a lateral decubitus position shows the tip of the Ostycut needle within the right C2 lateral mass. A right posterolateral approach was used.

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