Horizontal fracture of the anterior arch of the atlas associated with a congenital cleft of the anterior arch
| Autor: | Georges Y. El-Khoury, Gerald T. Decker, Kaoru K. Sasaka |
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| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
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medicine.medical_treatment Diagnosis Differential Imaging Three-Dimensional Atlas (anatomy) medicine Humans Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Cervical Atlas Horizontal stress Spinal cord injury Spinal Cord Injuries Aged medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Anterior arch Magnetic resonance imaging Congenital cleft Anatomy medicine.disease Magnetic Resonance Imaging Spinal Fusion medicine.anatomical_structure Spinal fusion Cervical Vertebrae Emergency Medicine Spinal Fractures Accidental Falls Tomography Tomography X-Ray Computed business |
| Zdroj: | Emergency Radiology. 12:130-132 |
| ISSN: | 1438-1435 1070-3004 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10140-005-0455-7 |
| Popis: | We report a rare combination of a horizontal fracture of the anterior arch of the atlas associated with a congenital cleft of the anterior arch. Sagittally reformatted computed tomography (CT) images demonstrated a fracture of the anterior arch of the atlas and a type II odontoid process fracture. There was also a smoothly marginated midline cleft of the anterior arch just above the fracture consistent with a congenital variant. 3D CT images were helpful in the evaluation of the fractures and the developmental variant. Magnetic resonance imaging showed a spinal cord injury. The patient underwent posterior C1-C2 fusion. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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