Unrecognized traumatic atlanto-occipital dislocation - 09/09/11
Address reprint requests to Dr Gillen, Department of Emergency Medicine, Geisinger Medical Center, 100 N Academy Dr, Danville, PA 17822.Abstract |
This report describes the case of a 67-year-old male victim of an auto-pedestrian accident who was alert and neurologically intact on initial presentation. The patient denied head or neck pain and was without evidence of craniocervical injury. A lateral c-spine radiograph did not show any abnormal findings. The patient deteriorated during his trauma evaluation and was refractory to resuscitation. At autopsy, he was found to have an atlanto-occipital dislocation (AOD). The case is discussed and the anatomic, clinical, and radiographic features of atlanto-occipital dislocation are reviewed.
Le texte complet de cet article est disponible en PDF.Keywords : Atlanto-occipital dislocation, cervical spine, radiography, spinal trauma
Vol 16 - N° 4
P. 406-408 - juillet 1998 Retour au numéro
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