Concomitant fracture of bilateral occipital condyle and inferior clivus: what is the mechanism of injury?

Eur Spine J. 2007 Dec;16 Suppl 3(Suppl 3):261-4. doi: 10.1007/s00586-006-0270-1. Epub 2006 Dec 19.

Abstract

With the routine use of multi-slice high resolution computed tomography, increasing number of occipital condyle fractures have been reported in the last decade. The authors report a very rare case of bilateral occipital condyle fracture complicated by the fracture of the inferior clivus and discuss the possible mechanisms of injury.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Accidents, Traffic
  • Adult
  • Atlanto-Axial Joint / diagnostic imaging
  • Atlanto-Axial Joint / injuries
  • Atlanto-Axial Joint / pathology
  • Atlanto-Occipital Joint / diagnostic imaging
  • Atlanto-Occipital Joint / injuries
  • Atlanto-Occipital Joint / pathology
  • Cranial Fossa, Posterior / diagnostic imaging
  • Cranial Fossa, Posterior / injuries*
  • Cranial Fossa, Posterior / pathology*
  • External Fixators
  • Functional Laterality / physiology
  • Head Injuries, Closed / diagnostic imaging
  • Head Injuries, Closed / pathology
  • Head Injuries, Closed / physiopathology
  • Humans
  • Ligaments / diagnostic imaging
  • Ligaments / injuries
  • Ligaments / pathology
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Occipital Bone / diagnostic imaging
  • Occipital Bone / injuries*
  • Occipital Bone / pathology*
  • Pneumothorax / complications
  • Respiratory Distress Syndrome / complications
  • Skull Fracture, Basilar / diagnostic imaging
  • Skull Fracture, Basilar / pathology*
  • Skull Fracture, Basilar / physiopathology*
  • Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / complications
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed