Unilateral occipital condylar fracture presenting as neck pain and restriction of neck movements-Report of a case and review of literature

Unilateral occipital condylar fracture presenting as neck pain and restriction of neck movements-Report of a case and review of literature

Occipital condylar fractures (OCFs) once rare injuries are not so at present. A young male, victim of motor vehicle accident, presented with severe high cervical pain and restriction of neck movements without any focal neurological deficit, with normal cervical spine x-rays and computerized tomograp...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Manoj K Tewari, KL Ratnam, Vinod K Shiv
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2008-12-01
Series:The Indian Journal of Neurotrauma
Subjects:
craniovertebral junction
lower cranial nerve deficit
motor vehicle accident
occipital condylar fractures
Online Access:http://www.ijntonline.com/Dec08/abstracts/abs15.PDF

Internet

http://www.ijntonline.com/Dec08/abstracts/abs15.PDF

Similar Items