ABSTRACT
Occipital condyle fractures are rarely reported in survivors of trauma. Most cases involve patients with a major head trauma, lower cranial nerve palsy, and/or suspected lesions demonstrated on plain x-ray films of the skull or cervical spine. The authors describe a traffic-accident victim in whom an atlanto-occipital joint lesion was suspected based only on mobility investigation of the skull. Axial high-resolution computerized tomography of the atlanto-occipital joint showed a fracture of the right occipital condyle.
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Atlanto-Occipital Joint/physiopathology , Neck/pathology , Occipital Bone/injuries , Pain/pathology , Skull Fractures/diagnosis , Adult , Follow-Up Studies , Humans , Joint Dislocations/diagnosis , Male , MovementABSTRACT
To our knowledge, no case of occipital condyle fracture after minor head trauma in the pediatric population has been published. We report the case of a 12-year-old girl with a Jefferson's fracture detected on x-ray films. Axial high resolution computed tomography and coronal reconstruction images demonstrated the additional occipital condyle fracture.
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Cervical Atlas/injuries , Skull Fractures/diagnostic imaging , Spinal Fractures/diagnostic imaging , Cervical Atlas/diagnostic imaging , Child , Diving/injuries , Female , Humans , Occipital Bone/injuries , Tomography, X-Ray ComputedABSTRACT
We consider here the case of a young girl presenting a cystic bone mass in the left orbital roof. Although standard X-rays at first were not convincing, the findings on the CT examination and the histological aspect of the mass were typical of fibrous dysplasia. Although the exact diagnosis of fibrous dysplasia can only be made upon precise histological examination, radiological, and more specifically CT findings, may indicate this pathology.
