The Normal and Abnormal Aspects of the Cranio-Vertebral Junction

Auguste Wackenheim (1925–1998)

“…Wackenheim's legacy is particularly associated with two areas of diagnostic radiology: neuroradiologic semiology, elucidated in numerous textbooks, and studies on the cervical spine, notably cheirolumbar dysostosis, a medical entity described in the American Birth Defects Encyclopedia . 2 3 His name is associated with the baseline measurement for dens positional abnormalities, the “Wackenheim line,” a landmark that helps diagnose basilar invagination ( Fig. 2 ).…”