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Unrecognized traumatic atlanto-occipital dislocation
- Source :
- The American journal of emergency medicine. 16(4)
- Publication Year :
- 1998
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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.
- Subjects :
- Male
Resuscitation
medicine.medical_specialty
Humeral Fractures
Joint Dislocations
Autopsy
Fatal Outcome
Arthropathy
medicine
Humans
Atlanto-occipital joint
Joint dislocation
Emergency Treatment
Aged
Neck pain
business.industry
Multiple Trauma
Occipital bone
Accidents, Traffic
General Medicine
medicine.disease
Surgery
Radiography
Tibial Fractures
medicine.anatomical_structure
Atlanto-Occipital Joint
Emergency Medicine
medicine.symptom
Presentation (obstetrics)
business
Femoral Fractures
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 07356757
- Volume :
- 16
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- The American journal of emergency medicine
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....fb2060811e99dd81883ebaccffa66c53